CDm7
And when I die
Em7CGm7/C
and when I'm dead, dead and gone,
Fmaj7Em7Dm7G11CF
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
CFCFCF
[Verse]
CFCFCFC
I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care.
FCFCF
If it's peace you find in dying, well,
GFC
then let the time be near.
BbF
If it's peace you find in dying,
BbFG11
when dying time is here,
Dm7Em7FGCFC
just bundle up my coffin cause it's cold way down there,
FCFC
I hear that's it's cold way down there, yeah,
Fmaj7Em7Dm7G7CFCF
crazy cold way down there.
[Chorus]
Dm7Em7
And when I die
Am7C7
and when I'm gone,
Fmaj7Em7Dm7G11CF
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
CFCFCF
[Verse]
CFCFCFC
My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
FCFCF
I can swear there ain't no heaven but
GFC
I pray there ain't no hell.
BbF
I can swear there ain't no heaven
BbFG11
and pray there ain't no hell,
Dm7Em7FGCFC
but I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell,
FCFC
only my dying will tell, yeah,
Fmaj7Em7Dm7G7CFCF
only my dying will tell.
[Chorus]
Dm7Em7
And when I die
Am7C7
and when I'm gone,
Fmaj7Em7Dm7G11CF
there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
CFCFCF
[Verse]
CFCFCFCF
Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
CFCF
All I ask of living is
GFC
to have no chains on me.
BbF
All I ask of living is to
BbFG11
have no chains on me,
Dm7Em7FGCFC
and all I ask of dying is to go naturally,
FCFCF
only want to go naturally.
CEm7FG7
Don't want to go by the devil,
CEm7FG7
don't want to go by the demon,
CEm7FG7
don't want to go by Satan,
CEm7FEm7
don't want to die uneasy,
Fmaj7Em7Dm7G7CFCF
just let me go naturally.
[Chorus]
Dm7Em7
And when I die
Am7C7
and when I'm gone,
Fmaj7Em7Dm7
there'll be one child born
Fmaj7Em7Dm7
there'll be one child born
G7Fmaj7Em7Dm7G7Fmaj7Em7Dm7
When I die, there'll be one child born.
G7Fmaj7Em7Dm7G7Fmaj7Em7Dm7
When I die, there'll be one child born.
G7Fmaj7Em7Dm7G7Fmaj7Em7Dm7
When I die, there'll be one child born.