Im Not Afraid To Die

xArtist: Gillian Welch
Song: I’m Not Afraid To Die
Album: Hell Among the Yearlings
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email: [email protected]


Standard Tuning:

Chords used:
   EADGBe
A: 002220
D: 000232
E: 022100


Intro Tab w/chords:
   A
e|---------------------------|
B|-------2-----------2-------|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---|
D|-----2---2-------2---2-----| play 2x, then play verse tab
A|-0-----------0-------------|
E|---------------------------|


Verse 1 Tab w/ chords: [play once for each verse]
   A
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-------|
G|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---|
D|-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

    D                       A           E
e|--------2-----------2------------------------------|
B|----3-------3---3-------3-------2-----------0------|
G|------2---2-------2---2-----2-------2---1-------1--|
D|--0-----------0---------------2---2-------2---2----|
A|--------------------------0-----------2------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

    D                       A
e|--------3-----------2------------------------------|
B|----3-------3---3-------3-------2-----------2------|
G|------2---2-------2---2-----2-------2---2-------2--|
D|--0-----------0---------------2---2-------2---2----|
A|--------------------------0-----------0------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

    E                       A
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-----------0-----------2-----------2------|
G|----1-------1---1-------1---2-------2---2-------2--|
D|------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2----|
A|--2-----------2-----------0-----------0------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1 chords:
A                                D                   A   E
Nobody knows what waits ahead, beyond the earth and sky
D             A       E             A
La, de-la, de-la, I'm not afraid to die.


Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords/tabs)
And let the work of my own hand, be broken by and by.
La, de-la, de-la, I'm not afraid to die


Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords/tabs)
Sometimes it finds me fast asleep, and wakes me where I lie.
La, de-la, de-la, I'm not afraid to die.


Instrumental: Play [A D A E D A E A] x2 or verse tab x2


Verse 4: (use verse 1 chords/tabs)
Forget my sins up on the wind, my hobo soul will ride.
La, de-la, de-la, I'm not afraid to die.
La, de-la, de-la, I'm not afraid to die.