The Band Perry - If I Die Young
Tuning: Open C6 (G C E A)
Arranged key: C major (C D E F G A B C)
Original key: E major (E F# G# A B C# D# E), either put a capo on the fourth fret or transpose to +4
Tempo: 66 bpm (or 132)
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWtjlZDS938



[Intro]

             
If I die young

              
, bury me in s

             
atin, lay me d

             
own on a bed o

   
f roses
              
Sink me in the

            
 river at dawn

             
, send me away

              
 with the word

        
s of a love so

ng
           
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 well
             
Life ain't alw

              
ays what you t

 
hink it ought 

to be, no
             
Ain't even gre

            
y, but she bur

ies her baby
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

          
ife, oh well, 

             
I've had just 

            
enough time


[Chorus 1]

             
If I die young

              
, bury me in s

             
atin, lay me d

             
own on a bed o

   
f roses
              
Sink me in the

            
 river at dawn

             
, send me away

              
 with the word

        
s of a love so

ng
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

           
ife, oh well, 

             
I've had just 

              
enough time


[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 loving 

of a man
             
But it sure fe

              
lt nice when h

       
e was holding 

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
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

          
ife, oh well, 

             
I've had just 

            
enough time


[Interlude 1]

      x2


[Bridge]

             
So put on your

              
 best boys, an

             
d I'll wear my

           
 pearls, what 

I never did is

 done


[Verse 3]

              
A penny for my

             
 thoughts, oh 

          
no, I'll sell 

'em for a doll

ar
             
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 singing
             
Funny when you

              
're dead how p


eople start li

stening


[Interlude 2]

            


[Chorus 2]

             
If I die young

              
, bury me in s

             
atin, lay me d

             
own on a bed o

   
f roses
              
Sink me in the

            
 river at dawn

             
, send me away

              
 with the word

        
s of a love so

ng
             
Uh oh (uh oh),

             
 the ballad of

              
 a dove (uh oh

           
), go with pea

ce 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
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

          
ife, oh well, 

             
I've had just 

            
enough time
             
So put on your

        
 best boys, an

d I'll wear my

 pearls



Chords:
F     (2 0 1 0)
C     (0 0 0 3)
G     (0 2 3 2)
Am    (2 0 0 0)

Chords in E major:
A     (2 1 0 0)
E     (1 4 0 2) or (4 4 4 2) or (X 4 4 2)
B     (4 3 2 2) or (X 3 2 2)
C#m   (6 4 4 4) or (X 4 4 4)

Clarification:
Chordname (G C E A)
X = Don't play / Muffle



//Robert