| C | G | D7 | G |
 
[Verse 1]
   G       D7         G                       C
No need to say you're sorry, no need to feel ashamed
               G             A7                   D7
If I'm not the one you love, don't feel you're to blame
  G     D       G                                 C
I don't deny it hurts me and this pain is hard to hide
                     G               D7        G
But at least I lived a little while,  before I died
 
[Chorus]
C                                G
I lived long enough to know, the sweet thrill, of your lips
A7                           D           D7
I knew happiness, right down to my fingertips
       G     D7       G                            C
You'll alway-ays be a part of me, though you can't be mine
                 G               D7        G
At least I lived a little while,  before I died
 
[Break]
| C | G | D7 | G |
 
[Verse 2]
      G      D7    G                                    C
Don't ask me-e, to forget you, cause you mean, too much to me
                 G           A        A7  D
I couldn't even, if I tried, too many memories
G        D     G                                        C
My yesterdays, were happy days and each memory's locked inside
                  G              D7        G
At least I lived, a little while, before I died
 
[Chorus]
C                                G
I lived long enough to know, the sweet thrill, of your lips
A7                           D           D7
I knew happiness, right down to my fingertips
       G     D7       G                            C
You'll alway-ays be a part of me, though you can't be mine
                 G               D7        G      G
At least I lived a little while,  before I died