PERFECT WAY TO DIE CHORDS by Alicia Keys for Guitar & Piano

Learn to play Perfect Way To Die Chords by Alicia Keys. Easy Guitar Chords with strumming Patterns.

Perfect Way To Die Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard(EADGBE)
  • Key: F
  • Chords: F, Bb, C, G, Gm, Dm, Dm7
  • Suggested Strumming: D D D D
    D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Guitar ChordsPiano Chords
F – 133211
G – 320003
Gm – 355333
C – x32010
Bb – x13331
Dm – xx0231
F – F A C
G – G B D
Gm – G Bb D
C – C E G
Bb – Bb D F
Dm – D F A

[Intro]

Eb  Bb  F
Gm G F

[Verse 1]

Dm                 C           F
Simple walk to the corner store
Dm

Mama never thought she would be gettin'
C
a call from the coroner
F Dm

Said her son's been gunned down, been gunned down
C F

"Can you come now?"
Gm

Tears in her eyes, "Can you calm down?
Bb C

Please, ma'am, can you calm down?"

[Pre-Chorus]

              Dm                    C         F
But it rained fire in the city that day, they say
Dm7 C

A river of blood in the streets
F

No love in the streets
Dm7 C F

And then came silence in the city that day, they say
Bb

Just another one gone
C

And they tell her move on

[Chorus]

                          Eb
And she's stuck there, singing
Bb

"Baby, don't you close your eyes
F

'Cause this could be our final time
G C F

And you know I'm horrible at saying goodbye
Bb

And I think of all you could have done
F

At least you'll stay forever young
G C F

I guess you picked the perfect way to die
G F F

Oh, I guess you picked the perfect way to die"

[Verse 2]

Dm       C             F
New job, new city, new her
Dm C F

Bright-eyed, you would have been proud if you knew her
Dm C F

Flashing lights in the mirror, pull over, pull over
Gm F Bb

A couple nights in detention and it's over, a whole life's over

[Pre-Chorus]

C      Dm7                            C         F
They came marching in the city that day, they say
Dm C

Carryin' signs in the street
F

Cryin' eyes in the streets
Dm7 C F

But they heard nothing from the city that day, they say
Bb

Just another one gone
C

And the city moved on

[Chorus]

                   Eb
We're stuck here singing
Bb

"Baby, don't you close your eyes
F

'Cause this could be our final time
G C F

And you know I'm horrible at saying goodbye
Eb Bb

I'll think of all you coulda done
Bbm F

At least you'll stay forever young
G C F

I guess you picked the perfect way to die
G C F

Oh, I guess you picked the perfect way to die"

[Bridge]

        Dm         C
Another dream lost
F Bb

Another king and queen lost
Eb F

Another broken promise they refuse to make right
Dm C

Oh, another night to live in fear
F Bb

Oh, another night that you're not here
Eb C

Another reason to get out there and fight

[Chorus]

      Cm                     Bb
But I said, "Baby, don't you close your eyes
Bbm F

'Cause this could be our final time
G C F

And you know I'm horrible at saying goodbye
Eb Bb

But I'll think of all you coulda done
F

At least you'll stay forever young
G C F

I guess you picked the perfect way to die
Dm C

Oh, I guess you picked the perfect way..."

Track Info

  • Song: Perfect Way to Die
  • Artist: Alicia Keys
  • Produced by Sebastian Kole & Alicia Keys
  • Album: ALICIA

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