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Too Young to Die

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Too Young to Die

Jamiroquai — Too Young to Die

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◫ Cinema Mode Lyric Video
Intro 1
Abmaj9 F/G Cm7
Abmaj9 G7#5 Cm7 F9
Abmaj9 Bdim7 Cm7 F9
F#dim7 G7#9
Cm7
Verse 1
F9
Everybody
Ab/Bb
Don't want no war, no
Abmaj9
No, no, no
F/G Cm7
We're too young to die
Too young to die
F9
So many people
Ab/Bb
All around the world, yeah
Abmaj9
All around the world
F/G Cm7
Seen their brothers fry
(I seen your brother fry)
F9
What's the motive?
Ab/Bb
In that madness
Abm G7#9 Cm7
Oh, I wish I knew, you made my people cry
(You made my people cry)
F9
So politicians, this time
Ab/Bb
I think you'd better keep your distance
Abmaj9
Say, sing it loud
G7#9
We're too young to
Chorus 1
Cm9 Dbm9
Do-do-do-do
Abm9 Bbm9
Da-da-do, da-da-do-do
Cm9 Dbm9 Abm9 Bbm9
Do-do-do-do, da-da-do, da-da-do
Cm9 Dbm9
Do-do-do-do
Abm9 Bbm9
Da-da-do, da-da-do-do
Cm9 Dbm9 Abm9 Bbm9
Do-do-do-do, da-da-do, da-da-do
Interlude 1
Cm7 F9
Ab/Bb
Yo, it's the message?
Abmaj9 F/G
Verse 2
Cm7
All gone when we drop the bomb
Can the politicians reassure?
F9
'Cause here I am
Presuming that nobody wants a war
Ab/Bb
There's so many people praying
Abm G7#9
Just to find out if they're staying
Cm7
But lately stately governments
And disillusioned leaders
F9
So full of empty promises
But rarely do they feed us
Ab/Bb
Put our backs against the wall
Am7b5 Bb Bdim7
Or don't we count at all?
Cm7
Can you decide
Are you mesmerised?
Do you know which side you're standing?
F9
'Cause when it falls don't take us all
Gotta know what we're demanding
Bbm9
I never lie, can't you hear the cry?
Am7b5
Coming from on high
Bb Bdim7
We're too young to die
Chorus 2
Cm9 Dbm9
Do-do-do-do
Abm9 Bbm9
Da-da-do, da-da-do-do
Cm9 Dbm9 Abm9 Bbm9
Do-do-do-do, da-da-do, da-da-do
Cm9 Dbm9
Do-do-do-do
Abm9 Bbm9
Da-da-do, da-da-do-do
Cm9 Dbm9 Abm9 Bbm9
Do-do-do-do, da-da-do, da-da-do
Chorus 3
Cm9 Dbm9
Do-do-do-do
Abm9 Bbm9
Da-da-do, da-da-do-do
Cm9 Dbm9 Abm9 Bbm9
Do-do-do-do, da-da-do, da-da-do
Cm9 Dbm9
Do-do-do-do
Abm9 Bbm9
Da-da-do, da-da-do-do
Cm9 Dbm9 Abm9 Bbm9
Do-do-do-do, da-da-do, da-da-do
Repeat and fade
Jamiroquai released Too Young to Die in 1993 as a single. The original song was longer, more than ten minutes, but to make it suitable for radio and album, it was first cut down to six minutes, and then to three minutes and twenty-two seconds. This latter version is the one that is most commonly heard today. It talks about fear, war, death, and how politics can lead to that.

The video is by W.I.Z. and shows Jay Kay performing in what appears to be a military base in the desert. The album from that time was called Emergency on Planet Earth, and it was the band's first album. Other songs from that album include When You Gonna Learn? or Blow Your Mind, all with protest lyrics: about hunger, pollution, hunting, and deforestation.