Tom: C
| C | C/B | F/A | G |
| C | C/B | F/A | G* ||
[Verse 1]
C C/B F/A G
Don't waste the days when I'm dead and I'm gone,
C Em Dm G
wind up the clocks, ring around, carry on.
C C/B F/A G
Don't gather flowers, dry your eyes, call your friends
C Em Dm G
for all I sang was a start, not an end.
[Interlude]
| C | C/B | F/A | G |
| C | Em | Dm | G* ||
[Verse 2]
C C/B F/A
Catch your breath, feel the life in your bones,
G C Em Dm G
enjoy what's to come, not the things that we've done.
C C/B F/A G
Save all your prayers, take the pain and the hurt,
C Em Dm G*
and add your chorus to my verse.
[Chorus]
C C/B F/A G
By and by, by and by,
C F/A Dm G
forget that glorious land above the sky.
C C/B F/A G
Don't you cry, don't you cry, by and [Interlude] by.
[Interlude]
| C | C/B | F/A | G |
| C | Em | Dm | G |
| C | C/B | F/A | G |
| C | Em | Dm | G* ||
[Chorus]
C C/B F/A G
By and by, by and by,
C F/A Dm G
forget that glorious land above the sky.
C C/B F/A G C C/B F/A G*
Don't you cry, don't you cry, by and by.
[Verse 1] (Reprise)
C C/B F/A G
Don't waste the days when I'm dead and I'm gone,
C Em Dm G
wind up the clocks, ring around, carry on.
C C/B F/A G
Don't gather flowers, dry your eyes, call your friends
C Em Dm G*
for all I sang was a start, not an end.
[Chorus]
C C/B F/A G
By and by, by and by,
C F/A Dm G
forget that glorious land above the sky.
C C/B F/A G
Don't you cry, don't you cry, by and [Interlude] by.
[Interlude]
| C | C/B | F/A | G* ||
[Bridge]
C C/B F/A C
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me,
Am Em Dm G G*
says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.
[Outro] (Chorus together with Bridge; Solist Fading Out)
Choir: By and by,
C C/B F/A C
Solist: I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says
Choir: by and by.
Am Em Dm G
Solist: I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.
Choir: By and by,
C C/B F/A C
Solist: I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says
Choir: by and by.
Am Em Dm G
Solist: I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.
Choir: By and by,
C C/B F/A C
Solist: I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says
Choir: by and by.
Am Em Dm G
Solist: I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.
Choir: By and by,
C C/B F/A C
Solist: I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, says
Choir: by and by.
Am Em Dm G
Solist: I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died," said he.
G | C* ||
