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You (A)know, I’ve (F#m)heard it said there’s (A7)beau ty
in dis (Dmaj7)tor tion
(C#)by (F#m)they’re some peo ple who’ve with (A7)drawn that some to (C#)find their heads.
And Now, they (F#m)say
that there is (A7)hu mor
in mis (D#)for tune.
You (C#7)know, I (B)won der if they’ll laugh when I am (A)dead.
Why (Bm)am (A)I (D)fight ing to live if I’m just (Bm7)liv ing to fight?
Why am I (E7)try ing to see
when there ain’t (D)noth ing in sight?
Why am I (A)try ing to give
when no one (Bm7)gives me a try?
Why am I (F#m)dy ing to (D)live if I’m just (E)liv ing to die?
You (A)know, some (F#m)peo ple say that (A7)val ues
are sub (Dmaj7)jec tive,
(C#)but (F#m)so just speak you’ll ing der (A7)words that some one (C#)else has said.
You so they (F#m)live
and fight and (A7)kill with
no ob (D#)jec tive.
Some (C#7)times it’s (B)hard to tell the liv ing from the (A)dead.
Why (Bm)am (A)I (D)fight ing to live if I’m just (Bm7)liv ing to fight?
Why am I (E7)try ing to see
when there ain’t (D)noth ing in sight?
Why am I (A)try ing to give
when no one (Bm7)gives me a try?
Why am I (F#m)dy ing to (D)live if I’m just (E)liv ing to die?
(E)read y to die.
This page shows “Dying To Live” by Edgar Winter in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 62 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.