Verse 1:
FA7
One day you'll look up at the ceiling above
DmG7
If you're lucky you'll be surrounded by the ones that you love
DmFD7
When the lights in your eyes fade and life flashes by
BbCF
One day you're going to die
FA7
One day you’ll sleep and you'll never wake again
DmG7
Heaven, hell, nirvana, nothing, no one knows how it ends
DmFD7
Rest in peace or pieces and won't even know why
BbCF
One day you're going to die
Verse 2:
GmFGmF
Read your horoscopes, your palms and tarot cards
CBbGmF
Either way your destination ain't very far
GmFGmF
You could drown, or choke, or burn, or be hit by a car
GmAm
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but something will eventually
Verse 3:
FA
One day you'll look back at the life that you lead
DmG7
No more future left to fear that you'll have the past to regret
DmFD7
But your worries will be over if you truly realize
BbCF
One day you’re going to die
-nc-
Take it away, hands
Interlude:
FADmG7DmFD7BbCFVerse 4:
GmFGmF
In the fabric of time, and in the vastness of space
BbCGmF7
a billion amounts to nothing in infinity’s face
GmFGmF
At most a couple generations will remember the ways
GmD
In which your life never mattered, so who cares if it's a waste?
Verse 5:
GB
Well, one day you’ll be not even a faint memory
EmC
No, at most a ghost of falling leaves from your family tree
EmGE
The legacy's not yours to see, nor is your eulogy
CD7GE7
And you'll never know what it all means
Outro:
CD7GE
But you'll be at peace before you sleep if you just keep this in mind
CD7GE
That everything and everyone goes with the passage of time
CD7GE
So whether it’s cancer, murder, or suicide
CD7G
One day you're going to die
E
No need to fear cause when it's
CD7G
Here you won't be alive
E
Try not to think about it
CD7G
One day you're going to die
E
And there's probably nothing after
CD7G
One day you're going to die
ECD7GE
So if you only have one chance you ought to try your best to live as you like
CD7G
One day you're going to die