A B D
A D
As we stood there older than the men and younger than the boys
A D
We were as still as the wind that blows on a hot August night
A D
And you were lonesome as a jukebox but deadly just the same
A D
I could be as gentle as a newborn then spit into the eye of a hurricane
E D A
And we knew how to laugh, and we knew how to cry
E D
Yeah, we sure knew how to live but we don't ever never say die
A
Never say die
A D
I guess you'd say we had a pact, these words we knew so well
A D
Still they remained unspoken and we'd take'em to the fiery gates of hell
E
Once I was afraid of love
D A
But when it's your brother those things change
E D E
'Cause love is just another word for trust so hear me when I say
A D
Never say die, never say no
A D
You got to look them in the eye and don't let go
E
When it's your own blood you're bleeding
D A
And your own tears you cry
E D E
When you're brought up to believe that it's the strong who survive
A
Never say die
E D A
Yeah, and we could run like lightning through the pouring rain
E D A
And we'll be standing like a soldier who comes marchin'home again
D
They ask what it is that I want written on the gravestone where I'll lie
A D
Tell them it's just my bones that died there, so save the tears they'll cry
E D A
My spirit is still riding somewhere somewhere in this night
E
When it's these three words that come to me
D E
As I kiss this world goodbye
A |D
Never say die, never say no
A D
You got to look them in the eye and don't let go
E
When it's your own blood you're bleeding
D A
And your own tears you cry
E D E
When you're brought up to believe that it's the strong who survive
A
Never say die
