Lauren Alaina – If I Die Young (Guitar)

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If I Die Young by Lauren Alaina (Original by The Band Perry) Album: American Idol Season 10 Track 2 2011 Chords: F: x33211 or 133211 C: x32010 G: 320003 or 320033 Am: x02210 D: xx0232 A: x02220 Bm: x24432 Chorus:
            F                C
 If I die young, bury me in satin

          G              Am
 Lay me down on a bed of roses

                 F         C
 Sink me in the river at dawn

            G                      Am
 Send me away with the words of a love song

F   C      G   Am
 Oh oh, oh oh
Verse:
                  F                             C
 Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother

                            G                           Am
 She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors oh and

F                             C
 Life ain't always what you think it ought to be no

G                         Am
 Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby
Pre-Chorus:
F            C               G   Am
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well

F      C               G     Am
 I've had just enough time
Chorus:
            F                C
 If I die young, bury me in satin

          G              Am
 Lay me down on a bed of roses

                 F         C
 Sink me in the river at dawn

            G                      Am
 Send me away with the words of a love song

F            C               G   Am
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well

F      C               G     (Am)
 I've had just enough time
Verse:
                       F            C
 And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom

          G                      Am
 I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger, I've

F                 C
 Never known the lovin' of a man

         G                         Am
 But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a

F                        C
 Boy here in town says he'll love my forever

   G                      Am
 Who would have thought forever could be severed by
Pre-Chorus:
F            C               G   Am
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well

F      C               G     Am
 I've had just enough time
Instrumental: F C G Am x 2 Bridge:
     F                         C
 So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls

   G
 What I never did is done

                  F
 A penny for my thoughts, oh no

       C
 I'll sell them for a dollar

    G                       Am
 They're worth so much more after I'm a goner

      F                          C
 And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
G (Am) Funny when your dead how people start listenin' F C G Am Chorus:
            G                D
 If I die young, bury me in satin

          A              Bm
 Lay me down on a bed of roses

                 G         D
 Sink me in the river at dawn

            A                      Bm
 Send me away with the words of a love song

G           D
 Oh oh the ballad of a dove 

A         Bm
 Go with peace and love

  G                     D
 Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket

  A                             Bm
 Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh

G            D               A    Bm
 The sharp knife of a short liiiiiife, well

G      D               A    Bm
 I've had just enough time
Outtro:
     G                   D                   A
 So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls