Before I Die chords by Tracy Byrd

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Before I die

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) 
G 
I wanna  (G major) hit the Mississippi in a
A 
D 
 (A major) boat I've yet to buy  (D major) 
G 
And take it  (G major) out in the gulf where the
A 
Bm 
 (A major) wa ter meets the  (B minor) sky
Em 
To where  (E minor) nothin' on God's
A 
green earth look (A major) s  dry

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Verse 2

And I wanna see

That stadium in New York

from a right field seat

Maybe catch a home run when a

new all star goes deep

And pretend that's Maris

and Mantle pointin' up at me

Verse 3

While I can still breathe

While this old heart still has another beat

It's time I put some livin' to

these dreams

Verse 4
D 
Before I die  (D major) 
G 
I'm gonna  (G major) learn all about how
A 
D 
 (A major) man swallows  (D major) pride
G 
And find the  (G major) strength to tell
A 
Bm 
my  (A major) daddy he was  (B minor) right
Em 
And tell  (E minor) mama,
A 
I'm sorry 'bout that night  (A major) 

Verse 5
D 
Before I'm called  (D major) up
G 
I wanna  (G major) be the kinda man that
A 
D 
a  (A major) woman wants to  (D major) love
G 
A 
And find a  (G major) side of me that's a  (A major) different,
Bm 
kind of  (B minor) tough
Em 
And who  (E minor) ain't ashamed
A 
to need the man above  (A major) 

Verse 6
G 
D 
While I can still  (G major) breathe  (D major) 
Em 
A 
D 
While  (E minor) this old heart still  (A major) has another beat  (D major) 
Bm 
A 
It's  (B minor) time I put some  (A major) livin'
G 
D 
Em 
to these  (G major) dreams  (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) And Lord I

Verse 7
G 
 (G major) know
D 
Em 
 (D major) These are  (E minor) things I should
A 
have done  (A major) a long time ago
D 
Bm 
 (D major) And when I  (B minor) close my eyes
A 
G 
I wan (A major) na feel at  (G major) ease
D 
Em 
And  (D major) if I  (E minor) left right now,
A 
I couldn't rest in  (A major) peace
D 
While  (D major) I can still

Verse 8
G 
 (G major) breathe
D 
Em 
A 
D 
 (D major) While  (E minor) this old heart still  (A major) has another beat  (D major) 
Bm 
A 
It's  (B minor) time I put some  (A major) livin' to
G 
D 
these  (G major) dreams  (D major) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major) 

Verse 9
D 
Before I  (D major) die
G 
I wanna  (G major) hit the Mississippi in a
A 
 (A major) boat I've yet to buy
D 
G 
 (D major) And take it  (G major) out in the gulf where the
A 
Bm 
 (A major) wa ter meets the  (B minor) sky
Em 
A 
To where  (E minor) nothin' on God's green earth look (A major) s