Intro:
(G)(D)(C) . . . (G)(D)(C)
GD
When the angels came down
C
Did they give you a choice?
GDC
Would they have let you stay where you were?
GD
Not to live here in pain
C
Should not bring you shame
DDsus4
And the light is so hard to deter
GD
Well did the gates of heaven
C
Look just as you thought?
GDC
Did Sister Mary des cribe them quite well?
GDC
Years of Catholic school were all good to you
DDsus4
Because you were the angel who fell
CGCG
And I am the one who will never die young
CGD
I am a martyr and I cannot hide
CG
But I'm not a winner
CG
I am just brilliantly bitter
CG
I'm sealed by my skin
DDsus4
But broken inside
GDCGD
Angels are fragile
C
And devils are hot
GDC
And life is a masque rade
GD
Colors will blend
C
And hearts will all mend
DDsus4
Just tell me you were never afraid
CGCG
'Cause I am the one who will never die young
CGD
I am a martyr and I cannot hide
CG
But I'm not a winner
CG
I am just brilliantly bitter
CG
I'm sealed by my skin
D
But broken inside
CG
And there are babies laughing
CG
And children running
CGD
And they say "read me a book, oh sing me a song"
CGCG
And I was the one who I felt so, so sorry for
CGDDsus4
But you are the one who is gone
GD
So will you save me a seat
C
If I make it that far?
G
Will you even know
DC
That I am the one?
GD
I will be old
C
For the angels have told me
DDsus4
That I will never die young
CGCG
'Cause I am the one who will never die young
CGD
I am a martyr and I cannot hide
CG
But I'm not a winner
CG
I am just brilliantly bitter
CG
I'm sealed by my skin
DDsus4
But broken inside
GD
And I will be old
C
For the angels have told me
DDsus4GC
That I will never die young
GCG
I'll never die young