| G | Cadd9 | |
| He said I was | in my early forties with a | lot of life before me |
| Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| and a | moment came that | stopped me on a | dime |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| I spent | most of the next days | looking at the x-rays |
| Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| talking bout the | options and | talkin' bout sweet time |
| Em* Em** |
| I asked him when it sank in if this might really be the real end |
| Em*** C5 |
| How's it hit cha when you get that kind of news, man what'cha do |
| G | |
| I went | skydiving |
| Cadd9 | |
| I went | rocky mountain climbing |
| Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| I went | two point seven s | econds on a | bull named Fu Man Chu |
| G | B7 | Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| And I l | oved deeper and I s | poke sweeter and I | gave for | giveness id been de | nying |
| D | G | Cadd9 | G | Cadd9 | |
| and he said some day I hope you get the chan | ce to live like you were dy | ing |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| He said I was | finally the husband that | most the time I wasn't |
| Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| And I b | ecame a friend a | friend would like to | have |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| And | all of a sudden going fishin' wasn't | such an imposition |
| Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| And I | went three times that | year I lost my | dad |
| Em* Em** |
| Well I finally read the Good Book and I took a good long hard look |
| Em*** C5 |
| at what id do if I could do it all again and then |
| G | |
| I went | skydiving |
| Cadd9 | |
| I went | rocky mountain climbing |
| Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| I went | two point seven | seconds on a | bull named Fu Man Chu |
| G | B7 | Em | D | Cadd9 | |
| And I | loved deeper and I | spoke sweeter and I | gave forgiv | eness id been | denying |
| D Em* |
| and he said some day I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying |
| Em** Em*** C5 |
| Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about what you'd do with it |
| C | |
| What could you | do with it |
| Cm | |
| What could I | do with it |
| C | |
| What would I | do with it. |
| A | |
| skydiving |
| D | |
| I went | rocky mountain climbing |
| F#m | E | D | |
| I went | two point seven s | econds on a | bull named Fu Man Chu |
| A | C#7 | F#m | E | D | |
| And I | loved deeper and I s | poke sweeter and I w | atched an ea | gle as it was fl | ying |
| E | A | D | |
| and he said some day I hope you get the chan | ce to live like you were | dying |
| A | D | |
| To live like you were | dying |
| A | D | |
| To live like you were | dying |
| A | D | |
| To live like you were | dying |
| A | D | |
| To live like you were | dying |