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Never Die Young

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Capo IV
Intro: 
(G)(D)(C) . . . (G)(D)(C)
When the Gangels came Ddown
Did they Cgive you a choice?
Would they have Glet you Dstay where you Cwere?
Not to Glive here in Dpain
Should Cnot bring you shame
And the Dlight is so hard to deterDsus4  
Well did the Ggates of Dheaven
Look Cjust as you thought?
Did Sister GMary des Dcribe them quite Cwell?
GYears of Catholic Dschool were Call good to you
Because Dyou were the angel who fellDsus4  
And CI am the Gone who will Cnever die Gyoung
CI am a Gmartyr and DI cannot hide
But CI'm not a Gwinner
I am just Cbrilliantly Gbitter
I'm Csealed by my Gskin
But Dbroken insideDsus4  
G D C
GAngels are Dfragile
And Cdevils are hot
And Glife is a Dmasque Crade
GColors will Dblend
And Chearts will all mend
Just Dtell me you were never afraidDsus4  
'Cause CI am the Gone who will Cnever die Gyoung
CI am a Gmartyr and DI cannot hide
But CI'm not a Gwinner
I am just Cbrilliantly Gbitter
I'm Csealed by my Gskin
But Dbroken inside
And there are Cbabies Glaughing
And Cchildren Grunning
And they say C"read me a Gbook, oh Dsing me a song"
And CI was the Gone who I felt Cso, so Gsorry for
But Cyou are the Gone who is DgoneDsus4  D  
So will you Gsave me a Dseat
If I Cmake it that far?
Will you Geven know
That DI am the Cone?
GI will be Dold
For the Cangels have told me
That DI will never die youngDsus4  
'Cause CI am the Gone who will Cnever die Gyoung
CI am a Gmartyr and DI cannot hide
But CI'm not a Gwinner
I am just Cbrilliantly Gbitter
I'm Csealed by my Gskin
But Dbroken insideDsus4  
And GI will be Dold
For the Cangels have told me
That DI Dsus4will never die GyoungD  C  
I'll never die GyoungC  G  

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Never Die Young

by Lori McKenna

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

Capo IV

Intro:

G D C G D C

()()() . . . ()()()

G D

When the angels came down

Did they give you a choice?

G D C

Would they have let you stay where you were?

G D

Not to live here in pain

Should not bring you shame

D Dsus4

And the light is so hard to deter

G D

Well did the gates of heaven

Look just as you thought?

G D C

Did Sister Mary des cribe them quite well?

G D C

Years of Catholic school were all good to you

D Dsus4

Because you were the angel who fell

C G C G

And I am the one who will never die young

C G D

I am a martyr and I cannot hide

C G

But I'm not a winner

C G

I am just brilliantly bitter

C G

I'm sealed by my skin

D Dsus4

But broken inside

G D C

G D

Angels are fragile

And devils are hot

G D C

And life is a masque rade

G D

Colors will blend

And hearts will all mend

D Dsus4

Just tell me you were never afraid

C G C G

'Cause I am the one who will never die young

C G D

I am a martyr and I cannot hide

C G

But I'm not a winner

C G

I am just brilliantly bitter

C G

I'm sealed by my skin

But broken inside

C G

And there are babies laughing

C G

And children running

C G D

And they say "read me a book, oh sing me a song"

C G C G

And I was the one who I felt so, so sorry for

C G D Dsus4 D

But you are the one who is gone

G D

So will you save me a seat

If I make it that far?

Will you even know

D C

That I am the one?

G D

I will be old

For the angels have told me

D Dsus4

That I will never die young

C G C G

'Cause I am the one who will never die young

C G D

I am a martyr and I cannot hide

C G

But I'm not a winner

C G

I am just brilliantly bitter

C G

I'm sealed by my skin

D Dsus4

But broken inside

G D

And I will be old

For the angels have told me

D Dsus4 G D C

That I will never die young

G C G

I'll never die young

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