Capo on 2

             
If I die young
              
Bury me in sat

    
in
              
Lay me down on

             
 a bed of rose

  
s
              
Sink me in the

                   
 river at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

                
of a love song
            
Oh oh, oh oh

     

              
Lord make me a

              
 rainbow, I'll

             
 shine down on

               
 my mother
              
She'll know I'

              
m safe with Yo

             
u when she sta

              
nds under my c

                   
olors
             
Oh and life ai

              
n't always wha

              
t you think it

     
 ought to be
             
No, ain't even

              
 grey when she

              
 buries her ba


by
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

         
ife
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

       
ime

             
If I die young
              
Bury me in sat

    
in
              
Lay me down on

             
 a bed of rose

  
s
              
Sink me in the

                   
 river at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

                
of a love song
            
Oh oh, oh oh

     
                       
             
And I'll be we

              
aring white wh

      
en I come into

 Your kingdom
              
I'm as green a

             
s the ring on 

              
my little cold

                          
 finger
             
I've never kno

              
wn the loving 

              
of a man but i

     
t sure felt ni

ce when he was

 holding my ha

nd
             
There's a boy 

              
here in town s

              
ays he'll love


 me forever
             
Who would have

              
 thought forev

              
er could be se

     
vered by
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

  
ife
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

  
ime


So put on your

 best boys

And I'll wear 

my pearls

What I never d

id is done
             
A penny for my

              
 thoughts
              
Oh no, I'll se

             
ll them for a 

            
dollar
             
They're worth 

              
so much more a


fter I'm a gon

er
              
And maybe then

             
 you'll hear t

            
he words I've 

been singing
             
Funny when you

              
're dead how p


eople start li

stening

          

             
If I die young
              
Bury me in sat

    
in
              
Lay me down on

             
 a bed of rose

  
s
              
Sink me in the

                   
 river at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

                
of a love song


             
 Oh oh, the ba

      
llad of a dove
             
         Go in

     
 peace and lov

e
              
Gather up your

        
 tears
              
Keep em in you

        
r pocket
              
Save em for a 

             
time when you'

              
re really gonn

                       
a need them.

             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

         
ife
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

       
ime


So put on your

 best boys

And I'll wear 

my pearls