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When I Died by The Thermals
When I Died
Chords (low to high strings):
D#m: X68876
G#m: 466444
C#m: X46654
[C#m]: 977999
F#: 244322
E: 022100
[E]: X79997
B: 799877
When I Die
The Thermals
D#m G#m C#m F#
The Earth was too hot, The air was too thin
D#m G#m C#m F#
I took off my clothes, I took off my skin
D#m G#m C#m F# E
I crawled to the sea that was calling for me so I could swim...
F#
Yeah, so I could swim!
B F# E F# x2
B [C#m] B F#
B F# E F#
I was sick of the land, I was sick from the heat,
B F# E F#
I was sick of the sun and the sky and the trees,
B [C#m]
Over the air that I needed to breathe
F#
When I held with my hands, when I walked on my feet
B F# E F#
I took off my clothes, I took off my skin
B F# E F#
Started shedding my arms to start getting my fins
B [C#m] B
Crawled to the sea that was calling for me so I could swim,
F#
Swim the ocean wide
G#m C#m F#
I was only just past the low tide
B [E]
When I died
B [E]
When I died
B
Yeah, when I died
[C#]
My head did swell
B
I said to myself
F#
Nature sure took her sweet time
G#m C#m F#
I was already losing my spine
B F# E F#
I was sick with horror when my curtain fell
B F# E F#
It's the end of the story I was certain to tell
B [C#m]
Watching their faces as they pulled me from the sea
F#
Feeling for the place I thought my gills would be
B F# E F#
Busted and wrecked, justly infected
B F# E F#
My body beyond repair
B [C#m]
Had no objection, sir, my only questions were
F#
Where do I go and will I know when I'm there?
G#m C#m F#
But I really couldn't say that I cared
B [E]
When I died
B [E]
When I died
B
Yeah, when I died
[C#]
My head did swell
B
I said to myself
F#
Nature sure took her sweet time
E
I was already losing
D#m G#m C#m F# D#m G#m
Yeah, my spine!
C#m F# D#m G#m C#m F#
(I was already losing my spine
D#m G#m C#m F#
If life was short, at least it was short)
D#m G#m C#m F#
The Earth was too hot, The air was too thin
D#m G#m C#m F#
I took off my clothes, I took off my skin
D#m G#m C#m F# E
I crawled to the sea that was calling for me so I could swim...
F#
Yeah, so I could swim!
B F# E F# x2
B [C#m] B F#
B [E]
When I died
B [E]
When I died
B
Yeah, when I died
[C#]
My head did swell
B
I said to myself
F#
Nature sure took her sweet time
E
I was already losing
F# B
Yeah, my spine!
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Tuning: Standard
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The Earth was too hot,
the air was too thin
I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
I crawled to the sea
that was crawling from me
so I could swim...
yeah, so I could swim!
I was sick of the land
I was sick from the heat
I was sick of the sun and the sky and the trees
Over the air that I needed to breathe
When I held with my hands
When I walked on my feet
I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
Started shedding my arms
To start getting my fins
Crawled to the sea that was calling for me
so I could swim, swim the ocean wide
I was only just past the riptide
When I died
When I died
Yeah when I died
My head did swell
I said to myself
Nature should take its sweet time
I was already losing my spine
I was sick with (?) and my curtain fell
It's the end of the story I was certain to tell
Watching their faces as they pulled me from the sea
Feeling for the place I thought my gills would be
Busted and wrecked
Justly infected
My body beyond repair
Had no objection sir
My only questions were
Where do I go and will I know when I'm there
But I really couldn't say that I cared
When I died
When I died
Yeah when I died
My head did swell
I said to myself
Nature should take its sweet time
I was already losing, yeah!, my spine
The Earth was too hot,
the air was too thin
I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
I crawled to the sea
that was crawling from me
so I could swim...
yeah, so I could swim!
When I died
When I died
Yeah when I died
My head did swell
I said to myself
Nature should take its sweet time
I was already losing, yeah!, my spine
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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