Key: B
Introduction:
Ebm D
Boy you'll be the death of me
Dm
You?re my James Dean
C#m
You make me feel like I?m seventeen
Ebm D
You drive too fast, you smoke too much
Dm
But that don?t mean a thing
C#m
?cause i?m addicted to the rush
B
?Cause I rather die young
B Ebm C#m B Ebm B
Than live my life without you
Ebm B C#m
I rather not live at all
G C#m G
Than live my life without you
B
?Cause I rather die young
B Ebm C#m B Ebm B
Than live my life without you
Ebm B C#m
I rather not live at all
G C#m G
Than live my life without you
Verse 2
Ebm D
You know i?ve been in love before
Dm
You?re the first one ever seen
C#m
That burns like gasoline
Ebm D
So light a match, turn off the lights
Dm
I?m holding on to you
C#m
?cause this might be a last night, oh
B
?Cause I rather die young
B Ebm C#m B Ebm B
Than live my life without you
Ebm B C#m
I rather not live at all
G C#m G
Than live my life without you
B
?Cause I rather die young
B Ebm C#m B Ebm B
Than live my life without you
Ebm B C#m
I rather not live at all
G C#m G
Than live my life without you
Bridge
A
What i?m telling you
F#
I?m giving you my life, it?s in your hands
G
And what i?m gonna do
A
Is be a woman and you can be a man
A
And I wanna say
F#
Nobody understands what we?ve been through
G A
I rather give up everything
B
Than to live my life without you
Solo
Ebm B C#m
all
Ebm B C#m
all
B
?Cause I rather die young
B Ebm C#m B Ebm B
Than live my life without you
Ebm B C#m
I rather not live at all
G C#m G
Than live my life without you
B
?Cause I rather die young
B Ebm C#m B Ebm B
Than live my life without you
Ebm B C#m
I rather not live at all
G C#m G
Than live my life without you