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Capo 4th fret
(There's another one posted on the site but this one is more complete and with 
precise sync of chords and lyrics)
[Verse]
The fGirst guy I knew who died I can't remember his name 
the tCenth grade started he just never came again
  Gall his friends sat around and cried
for a Dday or two 
You can sGay what you want about immortal soul 
when tChat guy died it left a hole 
it was Gmy first clue 
that wDhen they're gone they're gGone 
[Chorus]
Maybe JCesus beat that rap we're not sure 
maybe yGou can live forever if your heart is pure 
or maybe yDou'll come back some day as a king pGrawn 
Maybe aCngels come and take you away to hGeaven or the other way 
but Dfrom down here it appears that when they're gone they're gGone 
[Verse]
GMe and Stevie Gibson used to walk home from school 
Che used to have this little turn around rule 
if you Gturn around the one way gotta turn around the other way or
it's Dbad luck 
He Gwent out rafting on the river 
the river went arCound and the raft went around 
and his luck got Gall wound up and he drDowned
and he was gGone 
[Chorus]
Maybe JCesus beat that rap we're not sure 
maybe yGou can live forever if your heart is pure 
or maybe yDou'll come back some day as a king pGrawn 
Maybe Cangels come and take you away to hGeaven or the other way 
but Dfrom down here it appears that when they're gone they're gGone 
[Verse]
TGwo weeks after Dieter died you could call him on the phone 
Cand he would tell you that he's not home
and it gGave you an eerie feeling even though you knew
it was just an Danswering machine 
'Cause sGomewhere deep inside you know 
that thCey don't come back when they go 
and hGe had gone and whDen they're gone 
they're gGone 
[Chorus]
Maybe JCesus beat that rap we're not sure 
maybe yGou can live forever if your heart is pure 
or maybe yoDu'll come back some day as a bug in a Glog 
Maybe aCngels come and take you away to hGeaven or the other way 
but Dfrom down here it appears that when they're gone they're gGone 
[Verse]
GMy mother died in intensive care 
we were sCitting around singing on folding chairs 
when GI got the feeling
somebody wasn't there D  
Well I cGounted noses but it came out right
the dCoctors said she died that night 
but I fGelt that hole and I kDnew that
she was gGone 
[Chorus]
Maybe JCesus beat that rap we're not sure 
maybe yGou can live forever if your heart is pure 
or maybe yoDu'll come back some day as a king pGrawn 
Maybe Cangels come and take you away to hGeaven or the other way 
but fDrom down here it appears that when they're gone they're gGone 
[Verse]
I lGooked up death in the dictionary one day 
just to sCee what the dictionary had to say 
it's the complGete and irreversible cessation of
life fDunctions 
Which is nGot very poetic but it's precise and clean 
and Cif you analyze it what that means is
Gwhen they're goneD  
they're gGone 
[Chorus]
Maybe JCesus beat that rap we're not sure 
maybe yGou can live forever if your heart is pure 
or maybe yoDu'll come back some day as a king pGrawn 
Maybe aCngels come and take you away to hGeaven or the other way 
but Dfrom down here it appears that when they're gone they're gGone 

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Maybe

by Dan Reeder

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 4th fret

(There's another one posted on the site but this one is more complete and with

precise sync of chords and lyrics)

[Verse]

The first guy I knew who died I can't remember his name

the tenth grade started he just never came again

all his friends sat around and cried

for a day or two

You can say what you want about immortal soul

when that guy died it left a hole

it was my first clue

D G

that when they're gone they're gone

[Chorus]

Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure

maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure

D G

or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn

C G

Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way

D G

but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone

[Verse]

Me and Stevie Gibson used to walk home from school

he used to have this little turn around rule

if you turn around the one way gotta turn around the other way or

it's bad luck

He went out rafting on the river

the river went around and the raft went around

G D

and his luck got all wound up and he drowned

and he was gone

[Chorus]

Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure

maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure

D G

or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn

C G

Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way

D G

but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone

[Verse]

Two weeks after Dieter died you could call him on the phone

and he would tell you that he's not home

and it gave you an eerie feeling even though you knew

it was just an answering machine

'Cause somewhere deep inside you know

that they don't come back when they go

G D

and he had gone and when they're gone

they're gone

[Chorus]

Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure

maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure

D G

or maybe you'll come back some day as a bug in a log

C G

Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way

D G

but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone

[Verse]

My mother died in intensive care

we were sitting around singing on folding chairs

when I got the feeling

somebody wasn't there

Well I counted noses but it came out right

the doctors said she died that night

G D

but I felt that hole and I knew that

she was gone

[Chorus]

Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure

maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure

D G

or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn

C G

Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way

D G

but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone

[Verse]

I looked up death in the dictionary one day

just to see what the dictionary had to say

it's the complete and irreversible cessation of

life functions

Which is not very poetic but it's precise and clean

and if you analyze it what that means is

G D

when they're gone

they're gone

[Chorus]

Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure

maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure

D G

or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn

C G

Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way

D G

but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone

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