Petra - If I Had To Die For Someone guitar chord
"IF I HAD TO DIE FOR SOMEONE"
Words by Bob Hartman
Music by Lonnie Chapin and John Elefante
(Copyright 1998 House of Bob Publishing/L.C.Warrior Music/SESAC/2 Yutes
Music/BMI)
Recorded by Petra for the album "God Fixation" (1998 Word Records)
Submitted by Mark Peabody (mllu@juno.com)
My friend Richard figured this out. Listen to the song to get the
rhythm.
Intro (play twice): G Gmaj7 Em C6
G Gmaj7 Em C6 (single strum last
two chords)
Verse 1:
G Gmaj7 Em C6
I wear my seatbelt in the car / I buckle up for safety
G Gmaj7 C6
I run for cover from the storm
G Gmaj7
Em C6
I wear a Band-Aid on my knee / I look both ways when crossing
G Gmaj7 C6
And I flee any danger I can see
Lead-in 1:
D C6
And if I try each day to save my life in every way I can
D Am C6
How could I understand the way You died for me?
Chorus 1:
A E7
'Cause I don't know if I could even if I think I would
D
If I had to die for someone
A
If I had to die for someone else
A E7
How could I ever give my life to set the guilty free
D
When I cannot imagine
A Gbm G Gmaj7 Em
If I had to die for someone else like me
C G Gmaj7 C6 (2 strums)
Someone else like me
Verse 2:
I keep away from falling rocks and I don't play with matches
I lock the door, I don't know why
It seems to me, I'm much to old to wear a scarf out in the cold
But I want to live until I die
Lead-in 2:
I guess I love my life I little more than I should love it
And if I had to, I don't know if I could lay it down
Chorus 2:
A E7
'Cause I don't know if I could even if I think I would
D
If I had to die for someone
A
If I had to die for someone else
A E7
How could I ever give my life to set the guilty free
D
When I cannot imagine
A Gbm
If I had to die for someone else like me
Bridge:
E7 D Gbm
And I am glad that You are not at all like me
E G
'Cause You laid down Your life
Gbm
And did it willingly
E D
It still amazes me to know
C
It's me that You were thinking of
D G Gmaj7 Em
C6 (play twice)
No one else could have a greater love
G Gmaj7 Em C6 G Gmaj7 C6
A greater love
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 3:
A E7
'Cause I don't know if I could even if I think I would
D
If I had to die for someone
A
If I had to die for someone else
A E7
How could I ever give my life to set the guilty free
D
When I cannot imagine
A Gbm A E7
If I had to die for someone else like me
D
If I had to die for someone
A A E7
Could I die for someone?
D
If I had to die for someone
A A E7
Could I die for someone?
(fade out)
