Brendan’s Death Song Chords & Lyrics Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers

THE Riff:
 
Version 1   (detail picking)
    D         C             Am        Em        G
E---0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------1-(1h)3--1----0h1-0--1--0~--------0~-------------------------|
G---2~----0---0~---------0--2~-----------2-0--------0~--*strum or pick G*--|
D---0~------------------------------------------0~-------------------------|
A-------------3~------------0~---------------0-----------------------------|
E-------------------------------------0~--------3~-------------------------|
 
Version 2  original one
    D         C             Am        Em        G
E---0h2p0------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------3---1-(1h)3--1----0h1-0--1--0~--------0~-------------------------|
G---2~--------0~---------0--2~-----------2-0-2------0~--*strum or pick G*--|
D---0~------------------------------------------0~-------------------------|
A-------------3~------------0~---------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------0~--------3~-------------------------|
 
 
VERSE
D    C            Am     Em              G
If I die before I get it done will you decide
D       C                   Am   Em                 G
Take my words and turn them into signs that will survive
          D    C        Am Em            G
because a long time ago I  knew not to deprive
     D        C                    Am   Em                    G
It's safe out there and now you're everywhere just like the skies
D       C                 Am    Em                  G
You are love, you are the love supreme, you are the rise
             D    C                     Am   Em                G
And when you hear this you'll know it's your jam it's your goodbye
 
 
CHORUS
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                      Cmaj7               Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
 
 
VERSE
D      C                    Am      Em                 G
We all crossed when we were feeling lost it's just the tide
  D    C                 Am    Em            G
Katari cried the day her lover died she recognized
           D    C             Am   Em              G
Because he gave her a life of real love it's no surprise
    D          C            Am        Em                 G
The nights are long but the years are short when you're alive
D        C                Am  Em            G
Way back when would never be again it was a time,
           D     C              Am  Em              G
It's gonna catch you, so glad I met you to walk the line
 
 
CHORUS
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                      Cmaj7               Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
 
 
Fill on Em (please feel free to post something for that in the comments!)
 
 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                      Cmaj7               Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
 
 
(Lyric suggestions for next lines please)
 
 
VERSE
G                        Cmaj7                Em
Let me live so when it's time to die even the reaper cries
G                       Cmaj7                Em
Let me die so when it's time to live another son will rise
 
 
       G          Cmaj7       Em
I said Yeah  Yeah Yeah   Yeah Yeah
       G          Cmaj7       Em
I said Yeah  Yeah Yeah   Yeah Yeah  (cont. a while, fading)
 
 
 
CHORUS
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                      Cmaj7               Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
 
 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                           Cmaj7                 Em
and when the drummer drums he's going to play my song to carry me along
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
             G                      Cmaj7               Em
and when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
 
G                        Cmaj7                     Em
Like I said you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone