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The Band Perry - If I Die Young (no Capo W/mandolin Riffs) (Tab)
Album: The Band Perry (2010)
Submitter: microsysinc (11) on 11/10/11 1 comment
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If I Die Young (recorded key of E major)  -  The Band Perry (2010 The Band Perry)

Video:  CD    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM&ob=av2e (standard tuning & Capo 2)
        Live  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyhY5qPhq7o&NR=1 (tuned down ½ step & Capo 3)
        Opry  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a-5qQmq-VU&feature=related

 -------------- mandolin riffs tabbed for guitar -------------
| riff 1 00:21                riff 2 00:44                   |
   Ab F# E  C# Eb  B~~         B  C# E   B  B C#~           
e--16-14-12------------|    e--7--9--12--7--7h9~~|
D-----------14/16--12~~|    B--------------------|
G----------------------|    G--------------------|
D----------------------|    D--------------------|
A----------------------|    A--------------------|
E----------------------|    E--------------------|

  riff 3 00:50,01:20       riff 4 02:42                             riff 5 (guitar)
   Ab F# E  C#  B~~         B C# E   F# Ab     F#  E  C# F#~~        E F# B7 B5~ 
e--16-14-12---------|    e--7h9--12--14/16~~|--14--12\9--14~~|    e---------------|
D-----------14--12~~|    B------------------|----------------|    B---------------|
G-------------------|    G------------------|----------------|    G-------2--4~~--|
D-------------------|    D------------------|----------------|    D--2/4--4--4~~--|
A-------------------|    A------------------|----------------|    A---------------|
E-------------------|    E------------------|----------------|    E---------------|

Chorus 1 (single strum each chord in parentheses)
(Kimberly)
NC       (A)                (E)
If I die young…  bury me in satin…  
         (B)                 (C#m)
La…ay me down… on a…  bed of roses…
               (A)           (E)
Sink me in the ri…ver…  at dawn…  
          (B)                      (C#m)
Send me… away with the words… of a love song…

Refrain 1 w/banjo
A         E         B
  Uh…oh…     uh…oh…

(riff 1)

Verse 1
(Kimberly)
NC              A                               E
Lord… make me a rainbow…  I'll shine down on my Mother…
                          B                              C#m
She'll know I'm safe with You…  when She stands under my Colors…  oh…  and…
A                            E
  Life ain't always what you think it oughta be… no…
B                           C#m 
  Ain't even gray…  but She buries her ba…a…by…

Refrain 2
                                          (riff 2)
A                   E              B      C#m
  The sharp knife…    of a sho…ort life……   well…  
A                 E                   B
  I… I…I've… had…   just enough time…

(riff 3)

Chorus 2 
                 (harmony)
If I die young…  bury me in satin…  
La…ay me down… on a…  bed of roses…
Sink me in the ri…ver…  at dawn…  
Send me… away with the words… of a love song…

Refrain 3
(harmony)                              (Kimberly)
The sharp knife…  of a sho…ort life……  well…
(Kimberly)                       (riff 3)
I… I…I've… had…  just enough…  time…

Verse 2
(Kimberly)
And I'll be wearin' (white…) when I come into Your Kingdom…
       (harmony)                                      (Kimberly)
I'm as green… as the ring…  on my little cold finger… I've…
  (Kimberly)
  never known the lovin' of a man…
But it sure felt nice…  when He was holdin' my… hand… There's a…
  boy here in town…  says He'll… love me forever…
(harmony)
Who… would have thought… forever could be sev…ered by…

Refrain 4
(harmony)                              (Kimberly) 
The sharp knife…  of a sho…ort life……  well…
(Kimberly)                          (crescendo)
I… I…I've… had…  just enough…  ti…  i……  i…i…ime……

Fiddle Instrumental w/(A  E  B  C#m) 
                      (A  E  B  C#m)

Verse 3 (single strum on all chords)
So put on your best boys…  and I'll wear my pearls…
-pause-             NC
What I never did is done…
-pause-
A penny for my thoughts… oh no…  I'll sell 'em for a dollar…
  They're worth so much more…  after I'm a goner… and…
                            (bass octave)
Maybe then you'll hear… the words I've been singin'…
Funny when you're dead…  how people start… list…enin'…

-pause-

((A)(A)  A  E  B)
        (riff 4) (riff 5)

Chorus 3
(Kimberly)       (harmony)
If I die young…  bury me in satin…  
Lay me dow…ow…own… on a…  bed of roses…
Sink me in the ri…ver…  at dawn…  
Send me… away…  with the words… of a love song…

Verse 4
(Kimberly)
      (uh…oh…)                (uh…oh…)
Uh…oh…        the ballad of a dove…  
Go with peace… and love…
(harmony)              (Kimberly)
Gather up your tears…  keep 'em in your pocket…
Save them for a time… when you're really gonna need 'em…

Refrain 5
     (harmony)
Oh…  the sharp knife…  of a sho…ort li… i… ife…  well…
(Kimberly)                       NC
I… I've…  had…  just enough ti…… i…i…ime…

Outro (steady strum through chords)
(Kimberly)
     (A)                     (E)                  NC
So…  put on your best boys…      and I'll wear my pearls…

Chord Chart (open major or barre)        *** Nashville Number System = Emaj (4 1 5 6m) ***
    /A\      /B\    C#m   E  
e--0---5----2---7----4----0--|           no Capo    CAPO 2 
D--2---5----4---7----5----0--|              A    =  G
G--2---6----4---8----6----1--|              B    =  A
D--2---7----4---9----6----2--|              C#m  =  Bm  
A--0---7----2---9----4----2--|              E    =  D
E------5--------7---------0--|
 
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-microsysinc | 11/10/2011
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