I Will Be There When You Die

[Angry Ewok]

I Will Be There When You Die

 Tune down your guitar one half note
 
 
Intro:  (fading in)(search the rhythm for yourself)
 
     D

Eb---3- 3--3-2--0---3-3-3-2-----I
Bb---3---3--------3-3--3----3---I
Gb---2--------------2---------2-I
Db---0--------------0-----------I
Ab------------------------------I
Eb------------------------------I

 
Verse
D      G         D
Joe was born in New York city, son of Paul and Catherine
D      G     Em  A
Always down and always out, but his morrows always seemed just fine
 
 
Chorus
 
 Bm    Em    Bm      Em
There will be bigotry and there will be open minds
 Bm  Em       G    Em
There will be days of peace, you 'll never have the time
Bm    Em      G
As long as you keep a straight face
  Em       D
I will be there when you die
      Em     G
As long as you keep a straight face
      Em    D
I will be there when you die
 
Verse
   D      G           D
I was born in East Kentucky, home of where the grass is dyed
   G       Em    A
Always down and always out, but my morrows always seemed just fine
 Bm   Em     Bm      Em
There will be bigotry and there will be open minds
Bm    Em    G     Em  
There will be days of peace, you'll never have the time
 Bm   Em    G  
As long as you keep a straight face
  Em       D
I will be there when you die
      Em     G
As long as you keep a straight face
  Em       D
I will be there when you die
D
OOOOOH
G
OOOOH
 
Outro
 
     D (just strum and pick this chord for a while)
Eb---2
Bb---3
Gb---2
Db----
Ab----
Eb----
 
Then Jim plays the d-chord higher and picks it
 
 
Eb---14-
Bb---15-
Gb---14-
Db---0--
Ab---0--
Eb------


*Thanks to Corey H*

[fitzcarraldo]

Thanks for replacing the tabs Angry Ewok. Nice one. High Five!!!  :)

[tomEisenbraun]

okay, i'd like to make a big correction on this one. it is the same chords and all by tuning a half-step down and transposing it, but I'm dead certain it's played capo 6.

(i'm transcribing from the 2 meter version, since the quality is a little crisper, so i'm adding in those parts as well)

relative to the capo, the chords look like this.

You're going to strum this chord at the beginning.

xx0033

I'm just going to call it G. after the intro ends though, a G is a full-out G chord. you have to listen for the rhythm.

and when you see Em, don't actually play an Eminor chord, just hit the low E string once and keep strumming that top chord. try it out, you'll hear it.

G
Sunrides and the girl screams
G
walk high on the I-beam
.......Em
your lovely soul
..........Em
but only God knows it so (or "it's sold")
..........Em
don't forget to hold
G
your head when you let go


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G.......................C
joe was born in new york city,
C..........................G
son of paul and catherine.
G...................................C
always down and always out,
..............Am.........................D
but his morrows always seemed jus' fine.

Em.................Am............Em......................Am
there will be bigotry and there will be open minds.
Em...................Am..............................C......................Am
there will be days of peace you'll never have the time.

G................................Am..................................................C
AS LONG AS YOU KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE,
C........Am..............................G
i will be there when you die.

G......................C
i was born in east kentucky,
C...................................G
home of where the grass is dyed.
G....................................C
always down and always out,
...................Am....................D
but my 'morrows always seemed just fine.

Em..............Am.................Em...........................Am
there will be bigotry and there will be open minds.
Em...................Am..............................C......................Am
there will be days of peace you'll never have the time.

G................................Am..................................................C
AS LONG AS YOU KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE,
C........Am..............................G
i will be there when you die.

and then it leads into this progression:

32003x

75007x

87008x


with this chord over top:
xx0787

[aMD]

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