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From: "david" david@xprt.net
Words and music: Billy Joe Shaver
Album: The Real Deal

Live Forever

(This CAN BE played with a Capo 5, but is not necessary)

[D] [Bm] [G] [A] [D] X 2

[D]I'm gonna live forever
[Bm]I'm gonna cross that river
[G]I'm gonna [A]kiss tomorrow [D]now
[D]You're gonna want to hold me
[Bm]Just lie I always told you
[G]You're gonna [A]miss me when I'm [D]gone

[G]Nobody here will ever [D]find me
[A]But I will always be a[D]round
[G]Just like these songs I leave be[D]hind me
[A]I'm gonna live forever [D]now

[D] [Bm] [G] [A] [D] X 2

[D]You fathers and you mothers
[Bm]Be good to one another
[G]Please try to [A]raise your children [D]right
[D]Don't let the darkness take 'em
[Bm]Don't make 'em feel forsaken
[G]Just lead 'em [A]safely to the [D]light

[G]When this old world is blown a[D]sunder
[A]And all the stars fall from the [D]sky
[G]Remember someone really [D]loves you
[A]We'll live forever you and [D]I

[D]I'm gonna live forever
[Bm]I'm gonna cross that river
[G]I'm gonna [A]kiss tomorrow [D]now
[D]I'm gonna live forever
[Bm]I'm gonna cross that river
[G]I'm gonna [A]kiss tomorrow [D]now

[D] [Bm] [G] [A] [D]

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