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 Dm 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 Dm 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: Gm F Gm F Read your horoscopes, your palms and tarot cards C Bb Gm F Either way your destination ain't very far Gm F Gm F You could drown, or choke, or burn, or be hit by a car Gm Am What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but something will eventually Verse 3: F A 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 Dm F D7 But your worries will be over if you truly realize Bb C F One day you’re going to die -nc- Take it away, hands Interlude: F A Dm G7 Dm F D7 Bb C F Verse 4: Gm F Gm F In the fabric of time, and in the vastness of space Bb C Gm F7 a billion amounts to nothing in infinity’s face Gm F Gm F At most a couple generations will remember the ways Gm D 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 C No, at most a ghost of falling leaves from your family tree Em G E The legacy's not yours to see, nor is your eulogy C D7 G E7 And you'll never know what it all means Outro: C D7 G E But you'll be at peace before you sleep if you just keep this in mind C D7 G E That everything and everyone goes with the passage of time C D7 G E So whether it’s cancer, murder, or suicide C D7 G One day you're going to die E No need to fear cause when it's C D7 G Here you won't be alive E Try not to think about it C D7 G One day you're going to die E And there's probably nothing after C D7 G One day you're going to die E C D7 G E So if you only have one chance you ought to try your best to live as you like C D7 G One day you're going to die
