Key: E
Introduction:
Eb Bb Gm Eb D Gm
verse 1
Eb Bb F Gm
Well I?m in such a terrible state
Eb Bb F
And my country?s just like me
Eb Bb F Gm
Well I can?t afford to live in this place
Eb Bb F
And I can?t afford to leave
Bb F Gm
But my friends all say that it?s a shame
Eb Bb F
And they just can?t understand why
Eb Bb Gm
Oh, but if I don?t make it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain?t gonna die
verse 2
Eb Bb F Gm
Well, I?ve been travelin' around the world
Eb Bb F
And there?s nowhere I ain't been
Eb Bb F Gm
And everywhere goes by so fast
Eb Bb F
And I don?t know what I've seen
Bb F Gm
And they push me 'round on a wild goose chase
Eb Bb F
By land or sea or sky
Eb Bb Gm
Oh, but if I don?t make it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain?t gonna die
Eb Bb Gm
No, if I don?t make it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain?t gonna die
Bridge
Eb Gm
Give me a bottle of wine
F Gm
I don?t wanna drink
Eb F
Get me out of my mind
D
I don?t wanna think
verse 3
Eb Bb F Gm
When I close my weary eyes
Eb Bb F
I think that it?s the end
Eb Bb F Gm
But it?s only then that I realize
Eb Bb F
That I?m my own best friend
Bb F Gm
There?s another day and another chance
Eb Bb F
To put sixpence in the pie
Eb Bb Gm
Oh, and if I don?t find it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain?t gonna die
Eb Bb Gm
No, if I don?t find it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain?t gonna die
Eb Bb Gm
No, if I don?t fins it before I die, then I
Eb D Gm
Just ain?t gonna die