AND WHEN I DIE:Blood Sweat & Tears.
Top ten in 1969.
INTRO: A Bm7 A Bm7 A
#1.
D A D A D A D A
I'm not scared of dying, and I don't really care.
D A D A D E
If it's peace you find in dying, well then let
D A
the time be near.
G D G D
If it's peace you find in dying, when dying time
E11
is here,
Bm7 C#m7 D E A D A
Just bundle up my coffin, cause it's cold way down there.
D A D A D C#m Bm
I hear that it's cold way down there. Yeah, cra..zy cold
E7 A D A D A
way down there.
CHORUS:
Bm7 C#m7 F#m7 A7
And when I die, and when I'm gone,
D C#m Bm7
there'll be one child born
E11 A D A D A D A D
and a world to carry on, to carry on.
#2.
D A D A D A D A
My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
D A D A D E
I can swear there ain't no heaven and I pray
D A
there ain't no hell.
G D G
I can swear there ain't no heaven and pray there
D E11
ain't no hell,
Bm7 C#m7 D E A D A
But I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell.
D A D A D A D A
Only my dying will tell. Only my dying will tell.
CHORUS:
Bm7 C#m7 F#m7 A7
And when I die, and when I'm gone,
D C#m Bm7
there'll be one child born
E11 A D A D A D A D
and a world to carry on, to carry on.
#3.
A D A D A D A
Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
A D A D E D A
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
G D G D E11
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me,
Bm7 C#m7 D E A D A
And all I ask of dying is to go naturally.
D A D A
Only want to go naturally.
A
Here I go. Hey Hey!
D A
Here comes the devil. Right Behind.
A D A D A
Look out children. Here he comes!
D A D A
Here he comes! Hey...
#4.
A D A D A
Don't want to go by the devil.
A D A D A
Don't want to go by demon.
A D A D A
Don't want to go by Satan,
A D A D A
Don't want to die uneasy.
A D A
Just let me go naturally.
OUTRO:
Bm7 C#m7 F#m7 A7
And when I die, and when I'm gone,
D C#m Bm7
there'll be one child born
E11 A D A D A D A D
and a world to carry on, to carry on.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
