Bon Jovi - Live Before You Die: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Live Before You Die" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Live Before You Die ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Live Before You Die" smoothly on your ukulele.

G
I was a little boy of nine years old,
      C
The whole world in his hands
           G
Trying to toss that ball across the yard,
             C
A game of catch with my old man
     Am              G
He'd always say I'm sorry
       C
every time he had to leave
           Am               G 
And I was much to young to understand
      C
When he would say to me

Chorus:
  D                                     C                G
When you're young you always think the sun is gonna shine
          D                             C              G
There'll come a day you'll have to say hello to goodbye
 D                               C
Sit down son come take my hand, look me in the eye
G           Am  G         C                         G
Take these words promise me your gonna live before you die

I was barely seventeen summer of seventy-nine
Already I was feeling like I was running out of time
I had this girl we fell in love
Or should I say that she had me
Then one fateful night changed our lives
And made a memory

Chorus:
  D                                     C                G
When you're young you always think the sun is gonna shine
          D                             C              G
There'll come a day you'll have to say hello to goodbye
 D                               C
Sit down son come take my hand, look me in the eye
     Am              G             C
And just before she kissed me she said
                             G C
You're gonna live before we die
                 G C
Live before you die

    Em                C
You learn to love to live
    Em                C
You fight and you forgive
    Em                     C
You learn whats wrong and right
Em      D        C
Live before you die

I made mistakes I caught some breaks
But I got not regrets
There's some things I don't remember
But one thing I don't forget

Chorus

You learn to love to live
You fight and you forgive
You face the darkest night
Just live before you die

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

Em

Ukulele chord Em

G

Ukulele chord G

B

Ukulele chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Live Before You Die" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Live Before You Die" by Bon Jovi.

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