Melanie Safka - I tried to die young

I tried to die young, ^Dm7really I tried But the ^Fvoice deep inside would not ^Clet me succumb I ^Amlaugh at the ^Gthings that I've ^Fdone When I ^Gtried to die ^Cyoung

I took a plane through the dawn, threw ^Ammyself on the tracks But the ^Ftrain didn't come and I ^Ghad to walk back I jumped ^Cinto the whirlpool, thought I'd ^Amget sucked in I just kept ^Fspinning around 'til I ^Glearned how to swim and I

^CTried to die young, ^Dm7boy, did I try But the ^Fvoice deep inside would not ^Clet me succumb And I ^Amlaugh at the ^Gthings I've ^Fdone When I ^Gtried to die ^Cyoung

Well, my ^Cheart kept on breaking and the ^Amcrack sought the edge Where the ^Fhand of a shadow grabbed the ^Ghand in my head There were ^Cdemons, I know them and they ^Amstill come by But ^Fwe've become friends, my ^Gdemons and I

Well I ^Ctried to die young, ^Dm7really I tried But the ^Fvoice deep inside would not ^Clet me succumb And I ^Amlaugh at the ^Gthings I've ^Fdone When I ^Gtried to die ^Cyoung

I took a ^Amrazor to the ^Em7wrist of reali^Fty ^G Hell-^Ambent on my ^Em7way toward futili^Fty ^G I've got a ^Amreason to be^Em7lieve that it ^Fwon't go on for^Gever But ^Freason to the heart, is a ^Gmessage undelivered

Ahhh, I ^Ctried to die young, really, ^Dm7really I tried But the ^Fvoice deep inside would not ^Clet me succumb And I ^Amlaugh at the ^Gthings I've ^Fdone When I ^Gtried to die ^Cyoung

Now I^C'm the old girl I never ^Amthought I'd become "Doe^Fs it get any better?", asks t^Ghe little girl in my song I'm still ^Clearning the answers, so I make up ^Amthings you see She laughs, "Yo^Fu're still the same and yo^Gu'll never kill me!"

Oh, I ^Ctried to die young, ^Dm7really I tried But the ^Fvoice deep inside would not ^Clet me succumb And I ^Amlaugh at the ^Gthings I've ^Fdone When I ^Gtried to die ^Cyoung

Oh, I ^Amlaugh at the ^Em7things I've ^Fdone ^G Well, I ^Amlaugh at the ^Em7things I've ^Fdone ^G I ^Amlaugh at the ^Gthings I've ^Fdone When I ^Gtried to die ^Cyoung ^{Dm7 F C Dm7 F C}