The Thermals - When I Died

      This is my first tab ever! Decided to do it since no one else has.
If you notice any mistakes, fix 'em yourself! ;P


Chords (low to high strings):
D#m:   X68876
G#m:   466444
C#m:   X46654
[C#m]: 977999
F#:    244322
E:     022100
[E]:   X79997
B:     799877

When I Die
The Thermals

    D#m           G#m      C#m         F#
The Earth was too hot, The air was too thin
   D#m        G#m        C#m         F#
I took off my clothes, I took off my skin
  D#m            G#m          C#m         F#            E
I crawled to the sea that was calling for me so I could swim...
                        F#
Yeah, so I could swim!


B  F#  E  F#  x2

B  [C#m]  B  F#


     B                F#    E                   F#
I was sick of the land, I was sick from the heat,
     B             F#         E                  F#
I was sick of the sun and the sky and the trees,
B                   [C#m]
Over the air that I needed to breathe
       F#
When I held with my hands, when I walked on my feet
   B                 F#   E              F#
I took off my clothes, I took off my skin
       B            F#         E                  F#
Started shedding my arms to start getting my fins
B                           [C#m]                     B
Crawled to the sea that was calling for me so I could swim, 
              F#
Swim the ocean wide
      G#m         C#m        F#
I was only just past the low tide


       B     [E]
When I died
       B     [E]
When I died
             B
Yeah, when I died
            [C#]
My head did swell
             B
I said to myself
             F#
Nature sure took her sweet time
      G#m     C#m       F#
I was already losing my spine


      B             F#         E            F#
I was sick with horror when my curtain fell
        B                F#     E              F#
It's the end of the story I was certain to tell
B                            [C#m]
Watching their faces as they pulled me from the sea
F#
Feeling for the place I thought my gills would be
B                 F# E           F#
Busted and wrecked, justly infected
   B        F#   E    F#
My body beyond repair
         B                    [C#m]
Had no objection, sir, my only questions were
F#
Where do I go and will I know when I'm there?
      G#m             C#m            F#
But I really couldn't say that I cared


       B     [E]
When I died
       B     [E]
When I died
             B
Yeah, when I died
            [C#]
My head did swell
             B
I said to myself
             F#
Nature sure took her sweet time
      E    
I was already losing
         D#m     G#m  C#m  F#  D#m  G#m
Yeah, my spine!

       C#m     F#        D#m   G#m  C#m  F#
(I was already losing my spine
            D#m  G#m  C#m          F#
If life was short, at least it was short)

    D#m           G#m      C#m         F#
The Earth was too hot, The air was too thin
   D#m        G#m        C#m         F#
I took off my clothes, I took off my skin
  D#m            G#m          C#m         F#            E
I crawled to the sea that was calling for me so I could swim...
                        F#
Yeah, so I could swim!


B  F#  E  F#  x2
B  [C#m]  B  F#


       B     [E]
When I died
       B     [E]
When I died
             B
Yeah, when I died
            [C#]
My head did swell
             B
I said to myself
             F#
Nature sure took her sweet time
      E    
I was already losing
     F#  B
Yeah, my spine!