Safe Travels (don't Die) Chords

KeyC Capo7st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays355

Safe Travels (don't Die) by Lisa Hannigan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 7st fret. It uses the chords C, E, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
 fret 

Intro:	C	E	F  (2x) 

C               E 
Please eat your greens  
          Am           G 
and don't sit close to screens,  
     F          C           E 
your eyes are a means to an end.  
    C          E         Am          G 
And I would be sorry if, due to your hurry,  
         F        C        E 
you were hit by a lorry my friend.  

 
E               C 
Like you always say,  
     F              C          F       C 
Safe travels, don't die, don't die,  
     F              C 
safe travels, don't die.  

E	Am	F	C 
		    (don't die) 
E	Am	F 



	C              E	   Am         G 
and, Don't walk on ice, no matter how nice,  
    F       C           E 
how sturdy, enticing it seems.  
	   C            E         
Please cross at the lights  
          Am             G 
and don't start fires or fights and  
      F         C          E 
don't dabble in heights on caffeine.  

chorus 

     C             E 
and, Don't swallow bleach  
       Am         G 
out on Sandymount beach,  
	F            C            E       E 
I'm not sure I'd reach you in time my boy.  
       C            E          
Please don't bungee jump  
      Am            G 
or ignore a strange lump  
      F        C            E 
and a gasoline pump's not a toy.  


     E          C 
Like you always say,  
     F              C          F       C 
Safe travels, don't die, don't die,  
     F              C          F       C 
Safe travels, don't die, don't die,  
     F              C          F       C 
Safe travels, don't die, don't die,  
     F              C          F       C 
Safe travels, don't die, don't die,  

E	Am	F	C	E	Am	F	C  
    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante