Red Hot Chili Peppers – Brendans Death Song

Intro:
D C Am7 Em G (x2)
 
Verse 1:
D     C        Am7   Em         G
Live or die before I get it done will you decide? 
D     C             Am7 Em         G
Take my words and turn them into signs they will survive 
       D   C     Am7 Em       G
Because a long time ago I knew not to deprive, 

Verse 2:
   D     C              Am7 Em            G
It's safe out there and now you’re everywhere 
just like the sky
   D   C              Am7   Em           G
And you I love you, you are the love supreme you are the ride 
        D   C           Am7 Em           G
And when you hear this you know it's your jam it's your goodbye

Chorus:
G
Like I said 
         C
You know I'm almost dead
         Em
You know I'm almost gone 
         G         
And when the drummer drums
       C
He's gonna play my song 
      Em
To carry me along 

G
Like I said 
         C
You know I'm almost dead
         Em
You know I'm almost gone 
         G         
And when the boatman comes
      C
To ferry me away 
       Em
To where we all belong

Verse 3:
D    C            Am7   Em           G
We all cross when we were feeling lost it's just the time 
    D   C         Am7  Em        G
Could Terry cry the day her lover died she recognized 
        D   C         Am7 Em          G
Because you gave her a life of real love it's no surprise 
   D       C        Am7     Em           G
The nights are long but the years are short 
when you’re alive
D     C          Am7 Em        G
Way back when will never be again it was a time
       D   C         Am7 Em          G
It's gonna catch you so glad I met you to walk the line

Chorus:
G
Like I said 
         C
You know I'm almost dead
         Em
You know I'm almost gone 
         G         
And when the drummer drums
       C
He's gonna play my song 
      Em
To carry me along 

Bridge:
Em (x6)

Chorus:
G
Like I said 
         C
You know I'm almost dead
         Em
You know I'm almost gone 
         G         
And when the drummer drums
       C
He's gonna play my song 
      Em
To carry me along 

Outro:
G                C              Em
Let me live so when it’s time to die even the reaper cries
G                C              Em
Let me die so when it's time to leave another sun will rise 
    G
I said yeah!
    C 
Yeah, yeah!
   Em
Yeah yeah!

    G
I said yeah!
    C 
Yeah, yeah!
   Em
Yeah yeah!

    G
I said yeah! (Chorus restarts at this point; 
yeahs continue throughout)
    C 
Yeah, yeah!
   Em
Yeah yeah!

(At the end of one full Chorus, yeahs stop)

G
Like I said 
         C
You know I'm almost dead
         Em
You know I'm almost gone 
G
Like I said 
         C
You know I'm almost dead
         Em
You know I'm almost gone 
G
Like I said 
         C
You know I'm almost dead
         Em
You know I'm almost gone