Live Like You Were Dying

He said, “I was (F)in my ear ly for ties with a (Bb)lot of life be fore me and when a (Dm)mo ment came that (Dm)stopped me on a dime.

And I spent (F)most den, of the next days was n’t (Bb)such look in’ at the x rays and I (Dm)went and talk in’ ’bout the (Dm)op tions and my (Bbsus2)talk in’ ’bout sweet time.” Well, I fi I asked him, when it sank in that (F)took this might real ly be the real end, how’s it (F)hit you when you get that kind of news?

Man, what’d you do?

And he said, “I went (F)sky

div in’, I went Rock y Moun tain climb in’, I went (Dm)two point sev en (C)sec onds on a (Bb)bull named Fu Man chu.

And I (F)loved

deep er and I spoke sweet er and I gave for (C)give ness I’d been de (Bb)ny in’.”

And he said, “Some day I hope you get the chance

to live like you were dy

in.”

He said, “I was

in’, like to (F)mor row was a gift and you got e (F)ter ni ty to think a bout what you’d (Bb)do with it.”

What could you (C)do with it?

What did I (Bb)do with it?

What would I do with it?

(G)Sky

div in’, I went Rock y Moun tain climb in’, I went (Em)two point sev en (D)sec onds on a (C)bull named Fu Man chu.

And I (G)loved

deep er and I spoke sweet er and I watched an (G)ea gle as it was (C)fly

in’.

And he said, “Some day I hope you get the chance

to live like you were dy

in’,

to live like you were dy

in’,

to live like you were dy

in’,

to live like you were dy

in’,

to live like you were dy

in’.