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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES
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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: July 29, 2004
Album:
Written by:
Note: I see on other tabbers think that second G is a C.
But on the recording it stays a G. n.c. means play no chord
LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING Tim McGraw
These chords have a run in them. See the third string 2 1 0
Em=022000
E2=021000
E3=020000
INTRO: C D C Bm
G G
He said I was in my early forties with a lot of life before me
Em D C
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime
G G
And I spent most of the next days looking at the x-rays
Em D C
Talking bout the options and talking bout sweet time
Em E2
I asked him when it sank in that this might really be the real end
E3 Em n.c.
How's it hit you when you get that kinda news man what'd you do
Em Em Em Em Em n.c.
he said I went
CHORUS:
G G
Sky diving I went Rocky Mountain climbing
Em D C
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Blue-Manchew
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G B7
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
Em D C
And I gave forgiveness I'd been de-nying
(play 0 the word chance)
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Am D
And he said someday I hope you get the chance
G Em
To live like you were 1.)dying (to lick) 2.) dying (to bridge)
1.)lick play 2x
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G G
He said I was finally the husband that most the time I wasn't
Em D C
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
G G
And all the sudden going fishing wasn't such an imposition
Em D C
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Em E2
Well I finally read the good book and I took a good long hard look
E3 Em Em Em Em Em Em
At what I'd do if I could do it all again and then
to chorus using 2.), to bridge, to Key change chorus
BRIDGE:
(Em) E2 E3
Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about
Em D
What'd you do with it what did you do with it
C G
What did I do with it what would I do with it
KEY CHANGE;
CHORUS:
A A
Sky diving I went Rocky Mountain climbing
F#m E D
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Blue-Manchew
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A C#
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
F#m E D
And I watched an eagle as it was flying
(play the 2 on the word chance)
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Bm E
And he said someday I hope yo uget the chance
A D
To live like you were dying
A D
To live like you were dying
A A D D A A D A
To live like you were dyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyying
