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