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Death Defied By Will

Eagle-Eye Cherry
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{sot}e---5/3\0---|
H---5/3\0---|{eot}
1.
Ref.
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Like a drug that doesn't kill
You ought to know better
2.
He is determined to outsmart this snake
With conviction he will stand his ground
Feeling invincible like death itself
His immortality won't be found
What should he say at his own wake
That he refuses to fulfil his fate
He doesn't know that this is his last drive
On the road we call life
Ref: --//-- --//--
{section: Bridge}
You can't play around
Ref: --//-- --//--
(In a Live Version, I heard him sing:
"I'm sending My love to You Now
Sending My love to You
I'm sending My love to you now
Ohh ooh ooh" 2x)

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Arrangement source for Death Defied By Will by Eagle-Eye Cherry

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
[Em] [D]
[C]Al[G]most all the way through.

{section: Intro}
{sot}e---5/3\0---|
H---5/3\0---|{eot}

1.
[Em]He o[D]nly[C] th[G]ought he was going for the thrill of a ride

[Em]Wasn[D]'t [C]in [G]the plan to be gone for long

[Em]But [D]he [C]kee[G]ps looking back over his shoulder

[Em]He k[D]now[C]s t[G]hat something might go wrong

[Em]The [D]rid[C]e i[G]t ain't smooth that is for sure

[Em]Stra[D]nge[C] mo[G]od what is the cure

[Em]He's[D] go[C]t t[G]hat feeling of impending doom

[Em]Like[D] be[C]ing[G] trapped in a casket inside a tomb

Ref.

[Em]Deat[D]h d[C]efi[G]ed by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill

[Em]Boy [D]you[C] go[G]tta learn what's true

[Em]Deat[D]h d[C]efi[G]ed by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill

[Em]The [D]jok[C]e i[G]s on you

[Em]You [D]oug[C]ht [G]to know better
You ought to know better

2.
He is determined to outsmart this snake
With conviction he will stand his ground
Feeling invincible like death itself
His immortality won't be found
What should he say at his own wake
That he refuses to fulfil his fate
He doesn't know that this is his last drive
On the road we call life

Ref: --//-- --//--

{section: Bridge}
[Am]Ohhh[Em], Ohhh

[Am]Ohhh[Em], Ohhh

[Am]Now the time has come
You can't play around

[Em]And you ought to know

[C]You ought to know better

[G]You ought to know better

Ref: --//-- --//--

(In a Live Version, I heard him sing:

"I'm sending My love to You Now
 Sending My love to You
 I'm sending My love to you now
 Ohh ooh ooh" 2x)

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