This is one of my favored songs by Kid Cudi, so I figured I should try playing it on the guitar.
You can use a capo on the first fret if you want it to match the original.
I suggest finger-picking this song with some standard picking-pattern. I encourage you to play
around with it on your own, but I like to play it like this:
F C G Am
e|--1-------1--------|--0-------0--------|--3-------3--------|--0-------0--------|
B|------1-------1----|------1-------1----|------0-------0----|------1-------1----|
G|----2-------2---2--|----0-------0---0--|----0-------0---0--|----2-------2---2--|
D|--------3----------|--------2----------|-------------------|--------2----------|
A|-------------------|--3----------------|--------2----------|--0----------------|
E|--1----------------|-------------------|--3----------------|-------------------|
[Intro]
F C G Am
[Verse 1]
F C
My heart thump not from being nervous
G Am
Sometimes I'm thinking God made me special here on purpose
F C
So all the while 'til I'm gone make my words important so
G Am
If I slip away, if I die today
F C
The last thing you remember won't be about some apple bottom
G Am
Jeans with the boots with the fur.
F C
Baby how I dream of being free since my birth
G Am
Cursed but the demons I confronted would disperse
F C G Am
Have you ever heard of some shit so real
F C G Am
Beyond from the heart, from the soul you can feel
[Chorus]
F C G Am F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
C G Am
But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you
F C G Am F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
C G Am
'Cause I'm ready for a funeral
[Verse 2]
F C G
My mind runs I could never catch it, even if I got a head start
Am F
God please help me I am feeling so alone - wait
C G Am
I don't need to worry 'cuz I know the world will feel this nigga
F C G
Blessing in disguise but I am not hiding who I am open your eyes bro
Am F
if I ever met you I appreciate the love yo
C G
girls that I dated It's ok I am not mad yo
Am F
Unless you stabbed me in the heart, no love ho,
C G Am
this shit is so ill
F C G Am
Play it back from the top if you recognize real
[Chorus]
F C G Am F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
C G Am
But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you
F C G Am F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
C G Am
'Cause I'm ready for a funeral
F C G Am F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
C G Am
But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you
F C G Am F
And if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take
C G Am
'Cause I'm ready for a funeral
[Outro]
F C G Am
F C G Am
I like to end the song it on C instead of Am, but that's your call ;)
