[Intro]
E F# G#m F# E D#m E
[Verse 1]
E
If you must wait,
F# G#m F# E D#m E
Wait for them here in my arms as I shake
E
If you must weep,
F# G#m F# E D#m E
Do it right here in my bed as I sleep
E
If you must mourn, my love
F# G#m F# E D#m E F#
Mourn with the moon and the stars up above
D#m E
If you must mourn,
F# G#m
Don't do it alone
[Verse 2]
E
If you must leave,
F# G#m F# E D#m E
Leave as though fire burns under your feet
E
If you must speak,
F# G#m F# E D#m E
Speak every word as though it were unique
E
If you must die, sweetheart
F# G#m F# E D#m E F#
Die knowing your life was my life's best part
D#m E
And if you must die,
F# G#m
Remember your life
[Instrumental]
G#m F# E D#m E F# G#m D#m E D#m E F# G#m
[Chorus]
D#m E
You are
D#m E
You are
F# G#m D#m E
Oh, you are
D#m E
You are
F# G#m
Oh
[Verse 3]
E
If you must fight,
F# G#m F# E D#m E
Fight with yourself and your thoughts in the night
E
If you must work,
F# G#m F# E D#m E
Work to leave some part of you on this earth
E F# G#m F#
If you must live, darling one,
D#m E
Just live
D#m E
Just live
D#m E
Just live
F# G#m
