Every Second

E                                 
A woman on a plane sitting next to
                A
 me says it's a terrible thing to 
get old
  E                              
I asked her why, she said because 
                 B
you die and one piece at a time you 
unfold
         E                         
I said I feel it now at 
                 A
twenty-five, yeah I've been dying 
since the day I was born
    E
But there's still one thing worse 
than that
     A               B
it's dying without a warning
     A                          B
It's dying without being warned

CHORUS
          C#5                      
So if the cabin pressure drops and 
B        A
we start falling from the sky
E                                  
We'll both pray to God in the last 
B                    (C5)
seconds of our lives
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       C#5                     B  
But if we don't die today then may
      A
 this memory remain
     E                          
That every second lived is worth 
      B                  A
each second of the pain

VERSE 2
E
Oh flight attendant could you tell 
me the story of how
A
you gave up trying to control your 
fate and rescue yourself
E
So calm and patient you greet death 
every day with a smile
A                                 
If today he takes you would you 
                          B  A
say that your life was worthwhile,
         B      A   B
and just smile?

CHORUS

BRIDGE
      E           A
Hallelujah, Hallelujah (x2)

E
I never dreamed this life for me, 
but I am not afraid
A
At 35,000 feet I make my peace with 
fate
E
If my work here's complete before we
 hit the ground
A
May we sing the truth that sets us 
free, 'cause every second counts 
(Repeat)