C Dm7
And when I die
Em7 C Gm7/C
and when I'm dead, dead and gone,
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G11 C F
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
C F C F C F
[Verse]
C F C F C F C
I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care.
F C F C F
If it's peace you find in dying, well,
G F C
then let the time be near.
Bb F
If it's peace you find in dying,
Bb F G11
when dying time is here,
Dm7 Em7 F G C F C
just bundle up my coffin cause it's cold way down there,
F C F C
I hear that's it's cold way down there, yeah,
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7 C F C F
crazy cold way down there.
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7
And when I die
Am7 C7
and when I'm gone,
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G11 C F
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
C F C F C F
[Verse]
C F C F C F C
My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
F C F C F
I can swear there ain't no heaven but
G F C
I pray there ain't no hell.
Bb F
I can swear there ain't no heaven
Bb F G11
and pray there ain't no hell,
Dm7 Em7 F G C F C
but I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell,
F C F C
only my dying will tell, yeah,
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7 C F C F
only my dying will tell.
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7
And when I die
Am7 C7
and when I'm gone,
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G11 C F
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
C F C F C F
[Verse]
C F C F C F C F
Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
C F C F
All I ask of living is
G F C
to have no chains on me.
Bb F
All I ask of living is to
Bb F G11
have no chains on me,
Dm7 Em7 F G C F C
and all I ask of dying is to go naturally,
F C F C F
only want to go naturally.
C Em7 F G7
Don't want to go by the devil,
C Em7 F G7
don't want to go by the demon,
C Em7 F G7
don't want to go by Satan,
C Em7 F Em7
don't want to die uneasy,
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7 C F C F
just let me go naturally.
[Chorus]
Dm7 Em7
And when I die
Am7 C7
and when I'm gone,
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
there'll be one child born
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
there'll be one child born
G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
When I die, there'll be one child born.
G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
When I die, there'll be one child born.
G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
When I die, there'll be one child born.
