The Oakridge Boys - Before I Die

      Before I Die
Written by Woody Mullis & Trey Matthews
Recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys

[Intro]
|D  |G A |Bm  |Em A 

[Verse]
         D            G                        A                D
Before I die, I wanna hit the Mississippi in a boat I've yet to buy
        G                         A               Bm
Take it out in the gulf where the water meets the sky
      Em                                 A
Where nothin' on God's green Earth looks dry

        D        G              A                       D
I wanna see that stadium in New York from a right field seat
      G                         A                 Bm
Maybe catch a home run when the new all-star goes deep
         Em                                            A
And pre- tend that Maris and Mantle are pointing up at me

[Chorus]
                  G        F#m   Em                   A                D
While I can still breathe, while this old heart still has another beat
     Bm              A               G      F#m Em A
It's time I put some livin' in these dreams

         D              G                     A            D
Before I die, I'm gonna learn all about how a man swallows pride
         G                   A            Bm
Find the strength to tell my daddy he was right
     Em                        A
Tell Mama I'm sorry about that night

                 D           G                         A              D
'Fore I'm called up, I wanna be the kind of man that a woman wants to love
         G                   A                 Bm
Find the side of me that's a different kind of tough
    Em                            A
Who ain't ashamed to meet the Man above

[Chorus]
                  G        F#m   Em                   A                D
While I can still breathe, while this old heart still has another beat
     Bm              A               G      F#m Em A
It's time I put some livin' in these dreams

           G    F#m           Em                 A                   D
And Lord I know these are the things I should've done a long time a- go
       Bm              A             G    F#m
When I close my eyes I wanna feel at ease
     Em                                A
If I left right now I couldn't rest in peace

[Chorus]
                  G        F#m   Em                   A                D
While I can still breathe, while this old heart still has another beat
     Bm              A               G      F#m Em A
It's time I put some livin' in these dreams

[Outro]
         D            G                        A                D   G A D
Before I die, I wanna hit the Mississippi in a boat I've yet to buy -----