Fixin' To Die Chords

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Fixin' To Die by Bukka White is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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  			Verse 1: 
D 
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord, 
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die 
G 
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord 
I believe I'm fixing to die 
        C 
Well, I don't mind dying 
      G                         D 
But I hate to leave my children crying 
 
D 
Well, I look over yonder to that burying ground 
G 
Look over yonder to that burying ground 
C                    G                       D 
Sure seems lonesome, Lord, when the sun goes down 
 
Verse 2: 
Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord, 
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die 
Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord 
I believe I'm fixing to die 
Well, I don't mind dying but 
I hate to leave my children crying 
There's a black smoke rising, Lord 
It's rising up above my head, up above my head 
It's rising up above my head, up above my head 
And tell Jesus make up my dying bed. 
 
Verse 3: 
I'm walking kind of funny, Lord 
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die 
Yes I'm walking kind of funny, Lord 
I believe I'm fixing to die 
Fixing to die, fixing to die 
Well, I don't mind dying 
But I hate to leave my children crying. 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante