[Intro]

      

         
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

 


[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 and life ai

              
n't always wha

         
t you think it

 ought to be
             
No, ain't even

           
 grey, but she

 buries her ba

by
             
The sharp knif

            
e of a short l

 
ife
             
Well, I've had

           
 just enough t

ime


[Chorus]

         
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


[Pre-Chorus]

             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

   
ife
             
Well, I've had

            
 just enough t

ime


[Verse 2]

              
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 it sure fe

              
lt nice when h

     
e was holding 

my hand
             
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


[Pre-Chorus]

             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

  
ife
             
Well, I've had

            
 just enough t

ime


    x2


[Bridge]

  
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


     


[Chorus]

         
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


[Outro]

            
 Oh oh, the ba

llad of a dove
        
  Go in peace 

and love
 
Gather up your

 tears

Keep them in y

our pocket
             
Save them for 

              
a time when yo

      
u're really go

nna need them.

             
Oh oh, the sha

             
rp knife of a 

           
short life
             
Well, I've had

            
 just enough t

ime

              
So put on your

       
 best boys
    
And I'll wear 

my pearls