Maybe Dan Reeder
Capo 4th fret
(There's another one posted on the site but this one is more complete and with
precise sync of chords and lyrics)
[Verse]
The f[G]irst guy I knew who died I can't remember his name
the t[C]enth grade started he just never came again
[G] all his friends sat around and cried
for a [D]day or two
You can s[G]ay what you want about immortal soul
when t[C]hat guy died it left a hole
it was [G]my first clue
that w[D]hen they're gone they're g[G]one
[Cborus]
Maybe J[C]esus beat that rap we're not sure
maybe y[G]ou can live forever if your heart is pure
or maybe y[D]ou'll come back some day as a king p[G]rawn
Maybe a[C]ngels come and take you away to h[G]eaven or the other way
but [D]from down here it appears that when they're gone they're g[G]one
[Verse]
[G]Me and Stevie Gibson used to walk home from school
[C]he used to have this little turn around rule
if you [G]turn around the one way gotta turn around the other way or
it's [D]bad luck
He [G]went out rafting on the river
the river went ar[C]ound and the raft went around
and his luck got [G]all wound up and he dr[D]owned
and he was g[G]one
[Cborus]
Maybe J[C]esus beat that rap we're not sure
maybe y[G]ou can live forever if your heart is pure
or maybe y[D]ou'll come back some day as a king p[G]rawn
Maybe [C]angels come and take you away to h[G]eaven or the other way
but [D]from down here it appears that when they're gone they're g[G]one
[Verse]
T[G]wo weeks after Dieter died you could call him on the phone
[C]and he would tell you that he's not home
and it g[G]ave you an eerie feeling even though you knew
it was just an [D]answering machine
'Cause s[G]omewhere deep inside you know
that th[C]ey don't come back when they go
and h[G]e had gone and wh[D]en they're gone
they're g[G]one
[Cborus]
Maybe J[C]esus beat that rap we're not sure
maybe y[G]ou can live forever if your heart is pure
or maybe yo[D]u'll come back some day as a king p[G]rawn
Maybe a[C]ngels come and take you away to h[G]eaven or the other way
but [D]from down here it appears that when they're gone they're g[G]one
[Verse]
[G]My mother died in intensive care
we were s[C]itting around singing on folding chairs
when [G]I got the feeling
somebody wasn't there [D]
Well I c[G]ounted noses but it came out right
the d[C]octors said she died that night
but I f[G]elt that hole and I k[D]new that
she was g[G]one
[Cborus]
Maybe J[C]esus beat that rap we're not sure
maybe y[G]ou can live forever if your heart is pure
or maybe yo[D]u'll come back some day as a king p[G]rawn
Maybe [C]angels come and take you away to h[G]eaven or the other way
but f[D]rom down here it appears that when they're gone they're g[G]one
[Verse]
I l[G]ooked up death in the dictionary one day
just to s[C]ee what the dictionary had to say
it's the compl[G]ete and irreversible cessation of
life f[D]unctions
Which is n[G]ot very poetic but it's precise and clean
and [C]if you analyze it what that means is
[G]when they're gone[D]
they're g[G]one
[Cborus]
Maybe J[C]esus beat that rap we're not sure
maybe y[G]ou can live forever if your heart is pure
or maybe yo[D]u'll come back some day as a king p[G]rawn
Maybe a[C]ngels come and take you away to h[G]eaven or the other way
but [D]from down here it appears that when they're gone they're g[G]one
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