Say Anything - Death For My Birthday Acoustic

“death for my birthday”
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Em C
let me guide you through the story of a boy and his curse
Em C G
tiny diamond in his stroller with his first step chasing the hearse
sippin’ at a cup that’s half way filled
but looking forward to the day he pays that drinking bill
there’s no peace , there’s no quiet on this earth
he confided , nestled tightly in that womb beneath the dirt
hurt no more and when he turned 24
he wrote a note to nail to god’s front door that said

Em
i want death
C
death for my birthday
Em
i want death
Am
death in the worst way
Em
i want death
C
death for my birthday
Am G
don’t get me wrong cause . .

Em
i love life
C
but life has a boyfriend
Em
bless my soul
Am
i’m out to destroy them
Em
i want death
C
death for my birthday
Am G
for my birthday

Em C G
from the high paying job and the love of his life
he rode a roller coaster ride of lust on their wedding night
they made a baby in unmentionable ways
he was ungrateful as a man could be on that blessed day
and underneath he thought this is all a phase
just a blip in the existence of a structure vast and great
pray each night to his cross of a charm
for the one thing he couldn’t afford just to buy the farm

Em
i want death
C
death for my birthday
Am
i want death
F
death in the worst way
Em
i want death
Am
death for my birthday
Am G
don’t get me wrong cause . .

Em
i love life
C
but life has a boyfriend
Em
bless my soul
Am
i’m out to destroy them
Em
i want death
Am G
death for my birthday
C
for my birthday

Am C
i’ll never lose another friend again
Em Am C
or watch them start a war that’s fought for ideals that are dead
Am C
i’ll never have an argument again
Am Em
because my dust
Am Em
will be your salt
Am F G
my blood will hydrate you off
C Am
my heart will be your meal
F G
and i won’t ride the cycle of the way it kills to think and feel

no more , no

Em
i want death
C
death for my birthday
Am
i want death
F
death in the worst way
Em
i want death
Am
death for my birthday
Am G
don’t get me wrong cause . .

Em
i love life
C
but life has a boyfriend
Em
bless my soul
Am
i’m out to destroy them
Em
i want death
Am G
death for my birthday
C
for my birthday

Em C
one sweet day his heart ceased to beat
Em Am
he fell so fast beneath all our feet
F G
through bugs and snakes
Am C
last words he had to say were
Em C
help me claw my way to the surface
Em Am
oh sweet lord you know i deserve this
F G
just one more , just one more birthday