If I Die Young Acoustic Guitar (Kimberly)* Chords

*As in these are not good for emulating Reid's bass lines, but you should learn those too!
Note: Country is (in)famous for its many hammer-ons and pull-offs, and they will not be noted here.

Capo 2
ORDER: C V1 T C T V2 T I T2 V3 I2 C-m O T O2

                   EADGBe
 (written as )  3x0033
                  xx0232
                  x02220
                 x02020
          xx4430
            x04030
                 x05050 (Instrumental 2 only)


[CHORUS]
             
If I die young

              
, bury me in s


atin
             
Lay me down on

          
 a bed of rose


s
              
Sink me in a r

         
iver at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

    
of a love song
           
Uh oh, uh oh

 


[VERSE 1]
              
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, life ain't

              
 always what y

             
ou think it ou

              
ght to be, no
              
Ain't even gre

          
y, but she bur


ies her baby


[TAG]
             
  The sharp kn

             
ife of a short

     
 life, well
            
 I've had just

                 
 enough time


[CHORUS]
             
If I die young

              
, bury me in s


atin
             
Lay me down on

          
 a bed of rose


s
              
Sink me in a r

         
iver at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

    
of a love song
           
Uh oh, uh oh

 


[VERSE 2]
              
And I'll be we

             
aring white, w

       
hen I come int

o your kingdom
             
I'm as green a

              
s the ring on 

      
my little cold

#
 finger,
             
I've never kno

       
wn the lovin' 

of a man
             
But it sure fe

              
lt nice when h

       
e was holdin' 


my hand,
             
There's a boy 

              
here in town, 

             
says he'll lov

e me forever,
             
Who would have

           
 thought forev


er could be se

vered by...


[TAG]
             
  The sharp kn

             
ife of a short

     
 life,        

#
  well
            
 I've had just

                 
 enough time


[INSTRUMENTAL]
    
     **


[TAG 2]
             
So put on your

              
 best, boys, a

    
nd I'll wear m

y pearls

What I never d

id is done


[VERSE 3]
              
A penny for my

             
 thoughts, oh,

            
 no, I'll sell

 'em for a dol

lar
             
They're worth 

             
so much more a


fter I'm a gon

er
             
And maybe then

              
 you'll hear t

   
he words I bee

n singin'
             
Funny when you

              
're dead how p


eople start li

stenin'


[INSTRUMENTAL 2]
    


[CHORUS - modded]
             
If I die young

              
, bury me in s


atin
             
Lay me down on

          
 a bed of rose


s
              
Sink me in a r

         
iver at dawn
             
Send me away w

              
ith the words 

    
of a love song


[OUTRO]
   
Uh oh (uh, oh)
             
The ballad of 

              
a dove (uh, oh

      
)
        
Go with peace 

/
and love
             
Gather up your

          
 tears, keep '

em in your poc

ket
             
Save 'em for a

              
 time when you

    
're really gon

na need 'em, o

h


[TAG]
             
  The sharp kn

             
ife of a short

     
 life,        

#
  well
            
 I've had just

                 
 enough time


[OUTRO 2]
             
So put on your

              
 best, boys, a

    
nd I'll wear m

y pearls.

** They’ve been tacking this on live for 2 beats instead of ,
but it’s only a passing  on bass in studio.