Vocal Notes
vocal last line "you were dying" (beats)
(breath) a(4) b(3),
(breath) c#(1) d(4)
(breath) e(4) d(4)
Performance Notes
pre chorus (Am): "I asked him, "When it sank in that this might really be the real end..."
Chords
C F Am G F 2x
A E7 C F
Chorus:
C F Am G F
C E7 Am G F
F G C
Bridge
(Am) E7
C F(9th Bm shape), G, F
Key Change:
D G
Bm A G
D F#7 (4th barre)
Bm A G
Em7 F#m7 G A
D G (standard and walk up) repeat as necessary.
Lyrics
He said, “I was in my early 40s
With a lot of life before me
And a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the X-rays
Talking ’bout the options
And talking ’bout sweet time.”
I asked him, “When it sank in that this might really be the real end
How’s it hit you, when you get that kind of news?”
Man, what’d you do?”
And he said
“I went sky-diving
I went Rocky-Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named “Fu Manchu”
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denying.”
And he said, “Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying.”
He said, “I was finally the husband
That most the time I wasn’t
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden going fishing
Wasn’t such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Well, I finally read the good book
And I took a good long hard look
At what I’d do, if I could do it all again
And then
I went sky-diving
I went Rocky-Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named “Fu Manchu”
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denying.”
And he said, “Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying.”
Like tomorrow was a gift
And you’ve got eternity
To think about what you’d do with it
What did you do with it?
What can I do with it?
What would I do with it?
Sky-diving
I went Rocky-Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named “Fu Manchu”
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flying
And he said, “Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying.”
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying