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Version 1 Version 2[Verse 1] F A7 One day you'll look up at the ceiling above Dm G7 If you're lucky you'll be surrounded by the ones that you love Bb C F D7 When the lights in your eyes fade and life flashes by Bb C F One day you're going to die F A7 One day you’ll sleep and you'll never wake again Dm G7 Heaven, hell, nirvana, nothing, no one knows how it ends Bb C F D7 Rest in peace or pieces and won't even know why Bb C F One day you're going to die [Verse 2] Cm F Cm F Read your horoscopes, your palms and tarot cards Bb Either way your destination ain't very far Cm F Cm F You could drown, or choke, or burn, or be hit by a car G C What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but something will eventually [Verse 3] F A7 One day you'll look back at the life that you lead Dm G7 No more future left to fear that you'll have the past to regret Bb C F D7 But your worries will be over if you truly realize Bb C F One day you’re going to die N.C. Take it away, hands [Interlude] F A7 Dm G7 Bb C F D7 Bb C F [Verse 4] Cm F Cm F In the fabric of time, and in the vastness of space Bb A billion amounts to nothing in infinity’s face Cm F Cm F At most a couple generations will remember the ways G C In which your life never mattered, so who cares if it's a waste? [Verse 5] G B Well, one day you’ll be not even a faint memory Em A7 No, at most a ghost of falling leaves from your family tree C D G E7 The legacy's not yours to see, nor is your eulogy C D G And you'll never know what it all means [Outro] C D G E7 But you'll be at peace before you sleep if you just keep this in mind C D G E7 That everything and everyone goes with the passage of time C D G E7 So whether it’s cancer, murder, or suicide C D G One day you're going to die E7 No need to fear cause when it's C D G Here you won't be alive E7 Try not to think about it C D G One day you're going to die E7 And there's probably nothing after C D G One day you're going to die E7 C D G E7 So if you only have one chance you ought to try your best to live as you like C D G One day you're going to die