White Lies - Death: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Death" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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G                           D   C  D
I love the feeling when we lift off
Watching the world so small below
I love the dreaming when I think of
The safety in the clouds out my window
I wonder what keeps us so high up
Could there be love beneath these wings?
If we suddenly fall, should I scream out?

G                                  Bm
Or keep very quite and cling to my mouth as
I'm crying
     D
So frightend of dying
   G
Relax yes I’m trying
     A           C       G
But fears got a hold on me

Bm                            Em
Yes, this fears got a hold on me
Bm         D                   G
Yes, this fears got a hold on me

I love the quiet of the nighttime
When the sun has drowned in a deathly sea
I can feel my heart beating as I speed from
The sense of time catching up with me
The sky set out like a pathway
But who decides which route we take?
As people drift into a dreamworld
I close my eyes as my hands shake

And will I see a new day?
Who's driving this anyway?
I picture my own grave
'Cause fear's got a hold on me

Chorus:
Yes, this fear's got a hold on me
Yes, this fear's got a hold on me
Yes, this fear's got a hold on me
Yes, this fear's got a hold on me

  C              D             G
Floating neither up or down I wonder when
     Em
I'll hit the ground
          C                D
Will the earth beneath my body shake
     G                   Em
And cast your sleeping hearts awake

Could it tremble stars from moonlit skies?
Could it drag a tear from your cold eyes?
I'll live on the right side and sleep on the left
That’s why everything's got to be love or death




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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar 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 "Death" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Death" by White Lies.