When I'm Gone Chords
by Craig Morgan
When I'm Gone by Craig Morgan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, A, Bm, G and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A Bm G
verse 1
D
My last breath
Bm G
I wanna take with a smile
D
And no regrets
A Bm
No hope of turnin' back that dial
G D
Let the story I've written
A Bm G
Be somethin' worth leavin' behind
G
When I'm gone
D A Bm
Tell them I laughed more than I shed tears
G
When I'm gone
D A Bm
Tell them I stared down all my fears
G D
That I danced on a wire and I walked through the fire
A Bm
That I lived every moment till that moment retired
G D A
So my life goes on, goes on when I'm gone
D A Bm G
(Oh, oh, oh) when I'm gone
verse 2
D
Tell them I left that town
A Bm G
But it never left my soul
D Bm G
That I settled down but I never got old
D Bm G
If the house was packed and all raised a glass as the credits rolled
G
When I'm gone
D A Bm
Tell them I laughed more than I shed tears
G
When I'm gone
D A Bm
Tell them I stared down all my fears
G D
That I danced on a wire and I walked through the fire
A Bm
That I lived every moment till that moment retired
G D A
So my life goes on, goes on when I'm gone
D A
(Oh, oh, oh) when I'm gone
Bridge
F#m G A
Time don't last forever
D
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
F#m D A
Time don't last forever
D A
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
D
When I'm gone
A D G
Let my life go on, go on, go on
G
When I'm gone
D A Bm
Tell them I laughed more than I shed tears
G
When I'm gone
D A Bm
Tell them I stared down all my fears
G D
That I danced on a wire and I walked through the fire
A Bm
That I lived every moment till that moment retired
G D A
So my life goes on, goes on when I'm gone
D A Bm G
(Oh, oh, oh) when I'm gone
D Bm
Oh my last breath I want to take with a smile
Outro: D A Bm G D A Bm G D