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And When I Die

Blood Sweat Tears

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AND WHEN I DIE:Blood Sweat & Tears.
Top ten in 1969.

INTRO:(slow)
C          Dm7     Em7          C        Gm7
And when I die.....and when I'm dead and gone,
            Fm7  Em7    Dm7        G11
there'll be one..child..born and a world to
      C   F C F C F C F C F
carry on.


#1.(Brightly)
F   C   F         C      F     C     F      C
I'm not scared of dying, and I don't really care.
F       C         F       C      F         G
If it's peace you find in dying, well then let
    F       C
the time be near.
        Bb                F           Bb    F
If it's peace you find in dying, when dying time
   G11
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            F    Em Dm
I hear that it's cold way down there. Yeah, cra..zy cold 
G7       C     F C F C
way down there.

CHORUS:
Dm7        Em7  Am7          C7
And when I die, and when I'm gone,
            F   Em    Dm7
there'll be one child born
       G11                         C  F C F C F C F
and a  world to carry on, to carry on.

#2.
F  C   F        C     F          C    F    C
My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
F     C           F        C      F     G
I can swear there ain't no heaven and I pray 
      F        C
there ain't no hell.
      Bb                   F           Bb   
I can swear there ain't no heaven and  pray there 
F        G11
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     F       C  F       C
Only my dying will tell. Only my dying will tell.

CHORUS:

#3.
C    F     C       F      C    F    C
Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
C     F      C      F     G       F         C
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
Bb           F            Bb      F         G11
All I ask of living is to 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
Only want to go naturally.
C
Here I go. Hey Hey!
                      F     C
Here comes the devil. Right Behind.
C        F    C    F       C
Look out children. Here he comes!
F       C      F    C
Here he comes! Hey...

#4.
C     F       C         F  C
Don't want to go by the devil.
C     F       C     F  C
Don't want to go by demon.
C     F       C     F  C
Don't want to go by Satan,
C     F    C      F C
Don't want to die uneasy.
C           F         C
Just let me go naturally.


CHORUS:


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