Key:
Introduction:
Bb Ab
Some people die for honor
Ab Bb
Some people die for love
Ab Eb
Some people die while singing
Eb Bb
To the heavens above
Eb Ab
Some people die believing
Ab Eb
In the cross on Calvarys&rsquo hill
Ab Eb
And some people die
Eb Bb
In the blink of an eye
Bb
For a $20 bill
Eb Ab
Some people go out in glory
Ab Eb
(Yeah) with the wind at their back
Ab Eb
Some get to tell their own story
Eb Bb
Write their own epitaph
Eb Ab
Sometimes you see it coming
Eb Ab
Sometimes you don&rsquo t know until
Eb Ab
You run out of breath
Eb Ab
With a knee on your neck
Bb
For a $20 bill
Cm
Brother, I never knew you
Cm Ab
And now I never will
Cm Eb Ab Bb
But I make this promise to you
Ab Bb
I&rsquo ll remember you still
Eb Ab
Take, eat &ndash this is the body
Ab Eb
It&rsquo s time to break the bread
Ab Eb
Do this in remembrance
Bb
Just like the good book said
Eb Ab
Sometimes the wine is a sacrament
Eb Ab
Sometimes the blood is just spilled
Eb Ab
Sometimes the law
Eb Ab
Is the devils&rsquo last straw
Bb Cm Ab Bb
The future unfulfilled
Bb
For a $20 bill
By Tom Prasada-Rao 5/28/20 Silver Spring MD