Intro
[Em] [D/F#] [G] [C]
[Em] [D/F#] [G] [C] N.C.
Verse 1
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
He was my father's cousin
[C] [G]
And mine twice removed
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
A family man, hard-workin'
[C] [G]
He left this world too soon
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
I sat in the church pew
[C]
Tears filled up my eyes
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
As all his friends and family
[C] [G]
Talked about his life
Verse 2
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
They said he was the best friend
[C] [G]
A man could ever have
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
A son and a husband
[C] [G]
A jokester and a dad
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
And it sure got me thinkin'
[C]
As they laid his body down
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
What story will be told
[C] [G]
When my time comes around
Chorus
[D]
When I'm gone, will they care
[C] [G]
How much money that I've made
[D]
Will my success or failure
[C] [G]
Be the measure of my days
[G] [C]
Or was my love all that mattered all along?
[G] [D] [Em] [D/F#] [G] [C]
What will they say about me when I'm gone?
Verse 3
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
I wanna think they have no doubt
[C] [G]
How much I really care
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
Or have I been too busy
[C] [G]
If I've been more gone than there
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
Nobody lives forever
[C]
And it's startin' to sink in
[Em] [D/F#] [G]
The way I'm livin' now
[C] [G]
Will be the way they tell it then
Chorus
[D]
When I'm gone, will they care
[C] [G]
How much money that I've made
[D]
Will my success or failure
[C] [G]
Be the measure of my days
[G] [C]
Or was my love all that mattered all along?
[G] [D] [Em] [D/F#] [G] [C]
Oh, what will they say about me when I'm gone?
Interlude
[Em] [D/F#] [G] [C]
Outro
[D] N.C.
When I'm gone, will they care
[C] N.C. [G] N.C.
How much money that I've made
[D]
Will my success or failure
[C] [G]
Be the measure of my days
[G] [C] N.C.
Or was my love all that mattered all along?
[G] [D] N.C. [G] N.C.
Oh, what will they say about me when I'm gone?
