I Tried To Die Young

INTRO: C

                      Dm7
I tried to die young, really I tried
        F                           C
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
  Am           G                F
I laugh at the things that I've done
       G            C
When I tried to die young


                                       Am
I took a plane through the dawn, threw myself on the tracks
        F                       G
But the train didn't come and I had to walk back
         C                               Am
I jumped into the whirlpool, thought I'd get sucked in
            F                      G
I just kept spinning around 'til I learned how to swim and I


C                   Dm7
Tried to die young, boy, did I try
        F                           C
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
      Am           G           F
And I laugh at the things I've done
       G            C
When I tried to die young


         C                              Am
Well, my heart kept on breaking and the crack sought the edge
          F                            G
Where the hand of a shadow grabbed the hand in my head
           C                            Am
There were demons, I know them and they still come by
    F                        G
But we've become friends, my demons and I


       C                   Dm7
Well I tried to die young, really I tried
        F                           C
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
      Am           G           F
And I laugh at the things I've done
       G            C
When I tried to die young


         Am           Em7           F    G
I took a razor to the wrist of reality
     Am         Em7              F    G
Hell-bent on my way toward futility
           Am          Em7           F              G
I've got a reason to believe that it won't go on forever
    F                         G
But reason to the heart, is a message undelivered


         C                           Dm7
Ahhh,  I tried to die young, really, really I tried
        F                           C
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
      Am           G           F
And I laugh at the things I've done
       G            C
When I tried to die young


     C                       Am
Now I'm the old girl I never thought I'd become
         F                                 G
"Does it get any better?", asks the little girl in my song
          C                                  Am
I'm still learning the answers, so I make up things you see
                    F                         G
She laughs, "You're still the same and you'll never kill me!"


      C                   Dm7
Oh, I tried to die young, really I tried
        F                           C
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
      Am           G           F
And I laugh at the things I've done
       G            C
When I tried to die young


OUTRO:  (## repeat and adlib to end ##)
      Am           Em7         F      G
Oh, I laugh at the things I've done
        Am           Em7         F     G
Well, I laugh at the things I've done
  Am           G           F
I laugh at the things I've done
       G            C      Dm7  F  C  Dm7  F  C
When I tried to die young