I had a dream the oth er night
’bout how we on ly get one life.
Woke me up right af ter two, I stayed a wake and stared at (Dsus)you so I would n’t lose my (G5)mind.
And I had the (CN.C.)week that came from (G5)hell
and yes I know that you could (Em7)tell.
But you’re like the net un der the ledge when I go fly ing off the edge, you go fly ing off as (G5)well.
And if you (Em)on ly die once, (D)I want to die with...
(G)You got some thing I need.
In this (Em)world full of peo ple, there’s one kill ing me.
And if we (C)on ly die once,
I want to die with you.
(You, you, you.)
You got some thing I need.
In this (Em)world full of peo ple, there’s one kill ing me.
And if we (C)on ly die once,
I want to die with you.
(You, you.) Last night, I (CN.C.)think I drank too (G5)much,
yeah, call it our tem po rar y (Em7)crutch,
hey.
With bro ken words I’ve tried to say, hon ey, don’t you be a fraid, if we’ve got noth ing, we’ve got (G5)us,
yeah.
And if you (Em)on ly die once, I want to die with...
(You.)
I know that we’re not the same
but I’m so damn glad that we made it to this time,
this time
now.
Yeah.
You got some thing I need.
Yeah, in this (Em)world full of peo ple, there’s one kill ing me.
And if we (C)on ly die once,
I want to die with
you.
Hey!
You got some thing I need.
In this (Em)world full of peo ple, there’s one kill ing me.
And if we (C)on ly die once,
I want to die with you.
(You,
you.)
You got some thing I need.
In this (Em)world full of peo ple, there’s one kill ing me.
And if we (C)on ly die once,
I want to die with you.
(You,
you.)
you.)
If we (C)on ly die once,
I want to die...
If we (C)on ly live once,
I want to live
with you.
This page shows “Something I Need” by OneRepublic 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 G at 120 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.