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When I Die

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[Chorus]
I Ahope that people are C#msad when I F#mdie
But that I don't die for a Dlong time, F#mno
If I go Asoon, have a Bdrink and sing Ealong
I Ahope that people are sad and they F#mcry
But that they don't cry for a Dlong time, no
If I go F#msoon, have a drBink and sing alEong
And sing it Aloud, F#moh,D  
sing it lBmoudA  B  
[Verse]
AI hope that people are Esad when F#mI Die
And talk about all of the Dtimes
I gave a Bdollar to a stranger who Dneeded it more than EI
AI hope that people are C#msad when I F#mDie
I hope they Eall go tell my Bmmom
And my DDad that they raised me F#mright
Despite all of the Bmistakes that I F#mmade
I'm F#msorry if AI forgot to text you back
But I Bmswear I had your back
           N.C.
If someone talked behind your back
[Chorus]
I Ahope that people are C#msad when I F#mdie
But that I don't die for a Dlong time, F#mno
If I go Asoon, have a Bdrink and sing Ealong
AI hope that people are C#msad and they F#mcry
But that they don't F#mcry for a long Atime, no
If I go F#msoon, have a drink and sing Ealong
            N.C.                  A  
And sing it loud, oh oh oh oh oh oh,
Asing it loud (AAhhh, F#mAhhh, EAhhh)
Sing it Aloud, Aoh,
sing it Dloud (AAhhh, F#mAhhh, EAhhh)
[Outro]
A(If I was dead for a million years before this point
Then I'll be Ddead for a million years before I die
And Alife is just a breath in the infinity of time
So love love and hate hate
ASo learn to love love and hate hate)

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When I Die

by Alexander 23

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

F#m

[Chorus]

A C#m F#m

I hope that people are sad when I die

D F#m

But that I don't die for a long time, no

A B E

If I go soon, have a drink and sing along

A F#m

I hope that people are sad and they cry

But that they don't cry for a long time, no

F#m B E

If I go soon, have a drink and sing along

A F#m D

And sing it loud, oh,

Bm A B

sing it loud

[Verse]

A E F#m

I hope that people are sad when I Die

And talk about all of the times

B D E

I gave a dollar to a stranger who needed it more than I

A C#m F#m

I hope that people are sad when I Die

E Bm

I hope they all go tell my mom

D F#m

And my Dad that they raised me right

B F#m

Despite all of the mistakes that I made

F#m A

I'm sorry if I forgot to text you back

But I swear I had your back

N.C.

If someone talked behind your back

[Chorus]

A C#m F#m

I hope that people are sad when I die

D F#m

But that I don't die for a long time, no

A B E

If I go soon, have a drink and sing along

A C#m F#m

I hope that people are sad and they cry

F#m A

But that they don't cry for a long time, no

F#m E

If I go soon, have a drink and sing along

N.C.

And sing it loud, oh oh oh oh oh oh,

A A F#m E

sing it loud (Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh)

A A

Sing it loud, oh,

D A F#m E

sing it loud (Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh)

[Outro]

(If I was dead for a million years before this point

Then I'll be dead for a million years before I die

And life is just a breath in the infinity of time

So love love and hate hate

So learn to love love and hate hate)

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