Brendan's Death Song Chords
Brendan's Death Song by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Am7, Em, G, C and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Am7 Em G
Verso 1:
D Am7 Em G
Live or die before I get it done will you decide?
D Am7 Em G
Take my words and turn them into signs they will survive
D Am7 Em G
Because a long time ago I knew not to deprive,
Verso 2:
D Am7 Em G
It's safe out there and now you’re everywhere just like the sky
D Am7 Em G
And you I love you, you are the love supreme you are the ride
D Am7 Em G
And when you hear this you know it's your jam it's your goodbye
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the drummer drums
C
He's gonna play my song
Em
To carry me along
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the moment comes
C
To ferry me away
Em
To where we all belong
Verso 3:
D Am7 Em G
We all cross when we’re feeling lost it's just the time
D Am7 Em G
Could Terry cry the day her lover died she recognized
D Am7 Em G
Because you gave her a life of real love it's no surprise
D Am7 Em G
The nights are long but the years are short when you’re alive
D Am7 Em G
Way back when will never be again it was a time
D Am7 Em G
It's gonna catch you so glad I met you to walk the line
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the drummer drums
C
He's gonna play my song
Em
To carry me along
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the moment comes
C
To ferry me away
Em
To where we all belong
G C E (3x)
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the drummer drums
C
He's gonna play my song
Em
To carry me along
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
And when the moment comes
C
To ferry me away
Em
To where we all belong
Outro:
G C Em
Let me live so when it’s time to die even the reaper cries
G C Em
Let me die so when it's time to leave another sun will rise
G
I said yeah!
C
Yeah, yeah!
Em
Yeah yeah!
G
I said yeah!
C
Yeah, yeah!
Em
Yeah yeah!
G
I said yeah!
C
Yeah, yeah!
Em
Yeah yeah!
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone
G
Like I said
C
You know I'm almost dead
Em
You know I'm almost gone