D#m                  D
   Boy you'll be the death of me
Dm
You’re my James Dean
            C#m
You make me feel like I’m seventeen
    D#m                 D
You drive too fast, you smoke too much
    Dm 
But that don’t mean a thing
             C#m
‘cause i’m addicted to the rush


Chorus-
         B
‘Cause I rather die young
     B   D#m C#m   B   D#m B   
Than live my life without you
             D#m  B  C#m
I rather not live at all
     G       C#m      G
Than live my life without you
         B
‘Cause I rather die young
     B   D#m C#m   B   D#m B   
Than live my life without you
             D#m  B  C#m
I rather not live at all
     G       C#m      G
Than live my life without you


Verse 2-

D#m                     D
  You know i’ve been in love before
           Dm
You’re the first one ever seen
     C#m
That burns like gasoline
   D#m                 D
So light a match, turn off the lights
    Dm
I’m holding on to you
            C#m
‘cause this might be a last night, oh


Chorus-

         B
‘Cause I rather die young
     B   D#m C#m   B   D#m B   
Than live my life without you
             D#m  B  C#m
I rather not live at all
     G       C#m      G
Than live my life without you
         B
‘Cause I rather die young
     B   D#m C#m   B   D#m B   
Than live my life without you
             D#m  B  C#m
I rather not live at all
     G       C#m      G
Than live my life without you

Bidge-

         A
What i’m telling you
                  F#
I’m giving you my life, it’s in your hands
             G
And what i’m gonna do
                  A
Is be a woman and you can be a man
      A
And I wanna say
             F#
Nobody understands what we’ve been through
                 G         A
I rather give up everything
        B            B
Than to live my life without you

instrumental solo-

B - D#m - C#m - B - D#m - B
D#m - B - C#m
          all
G - C#m - G

B - D#m - C#m - B - D#m - B
D#m - B - C#m
          all
G - C#m - G

Chorus-

         B
‘Cause I rather die young
     B   D#m C#m   B   D#m B   
Than live my life without you
             D#m  B  C#m
I rather not live at all
     G       C#m      G
Than live my life without you
         B
‘Cause I rather die young
     B   D#m C#m   B   D#m B   
Than live my life without you
             D#m  B  C#m
I rather not live at all
     G       C#m      G
Than live my life without you