Death 4 My Birthday Chords
Death 4 My Birthday by Modern Baseball is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, Dm, G, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C Am
Let me guide you through the story of a boy and his curse
C Am Dm
Tiny diamond in his stroller with his first step chasing the hearse
G
Sippin' at a cup that's half way filled
Em G
But looking forward to the day he pays that drinking bill
C Am C
There's no peace, there's no quiet on this earth
Am
He confided, nestled tightly in that womb beneath the dirt
F G
Hurt no more and when he turned 24
Em C G
He wrote a note to nail to God's front door that said
C
I want death
Death for my birthday
F
I want death
Death in the worst way
C
I want death
F
Death for my birthday
Don't get me wrong cause..
Am
I love life
But life has a boyfriend
G
Bless my soul
I'm out to destroy them
C
I want death
F
Death for my birthday
F F F
verse 2
C
From the high paying job and the love of his life
Am
He rode a roller coaster ride of lust on their wedding night
Dm G
They made a baby in unmentionable ways
Em F G C
He was ungrateful as a man could be on that blessed day
Am
And underneath he thought this is all a phase
Just a blip in the existence of a structure vast and great
Dm G
Pray each night to his cross of a charm
Em F G
For the one thing he couldn't afford just to buy the farm
C
I want death
Death for my birthday
F
I want death
Death in the worst way
C
I want death
F
Death for my birthday
Don't get me wrong cause..
Am
I love life
But life has a boyfriend
G
Bless my soul
I'm out to destroy them
C
I want death
F
Death for my birthday
F F F
Bridge
C F
I'll never lose another friend again
C F
Or watch them start a war that's fought for ideals that are dead
G
I'll never have an argument again
F
Because my dust
C
will be your salt
F C F
My blood will hydrate you all
G Am
My heart will be your meal
C F
And I won't ride the cycle of the way it kills to think and feel
No more, no
C
I want death
Death for my birthday
F
I want death
Death in the worst way
C
I want death
F
Death for my birthday
Don't get me wrong cause..
Am
I love life
But life has a boyfriend
G
Bless my soul
I'm out to destroy them
C
I want death
F
Death for my birthday
C F
One sweet day his heart ceased to beat
C
He fell so fast beneath all our feet
Through bugs and snakes
F C
Last words he had to say were
Am C
Help me claw my way to the surface
Oh sweet lord you know I deserve this
F
Just one more, just one more birthday