Capo 4th fret
(There's another one posted on the site but this one is more complete and with
precise sync of chords and lyrics)
[Verse]
G
The first guy I knew who died I can't remember his name
C
the tenth grade started he just never came again
G
all his friends sat around and cried
D
for a day or two
G
You can say what you want about immortal soul
C
when that guy died it left a hole
G
it was my first clue
D G
that when they're gone they're gone
[Chorus]
C
Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure
G
maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure
D G
or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn
C G
Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way
D G
but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone
[Verse]
G
Me and Stevie Gibson used to walk home from school
C
he used to have this little turn around rule
G
if you turn around the one way gotta turn around the other way or
D
it's bad luck
G
He went out rafting on the river
C
the river went around and the raft went around
G D
and his luck got all wound up and he drowned
G
and he was gone
[Chorus]
C
Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure
G
maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure
D G
or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn
C G
Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way
D G
but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone
[Verse]
G
Two weeks after Dieter died you could call him on the phone
C
and he would tell you that he's not home
G
and it gave you an eerie feeling even though you knew
D
it was just an answering machine
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dan_reeder/maybe_crd_ver_2.html ]
G
'Cause somewhere deep inside you know
C
that they don't come back when they go
G D
and he had gone and when they're gone
G
they're gone
[Chorus]
C
Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure
G
maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure
D G
or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn
C G
Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way
D G
but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone
[Verse]
G
My mother died in intensive care
C
we were sitting around singing on folding chairs
G
when I got the feeling
D
somebody wasn't there
G
Well I counted noses but it came out right
C
the doctors said she died that night
G D
but I felt that hole and I knew that
G
she was gone
[Chorus]
C
Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure
G
maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure
D G
or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn
C G
Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way
D G
but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone
[Verse]
G
I looked up death in the dictionary one day
C
just to see what the dictionary had to say
G
it's the complete and irreversible cessation of
D
life functions
G
Which is not very poetic but it's precise and clean
C
and if you analyze it what that means is
G D
when they're gone
G
they're gone
[Chorus]
C
Maybe Jesus beat that rap we're not sure
G
maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure
D G
or maybe you'll come back some day as a king prawn
C G
Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven or the other way
D G
but from down here it appears that when they're gone they're gone
