Til I Die
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Original Album
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Surf's Up
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Single
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Long Promised Road / 'Til I Die
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Also Appeared On
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Written By
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Brian Wilson
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Produced By
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Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson
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Lead Vocals
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Group vocal with Brian on refrain
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Recorded On
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1971
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Length
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2:28
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Notes
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- Quite simply one of Brian's most beautiful and heartbreaking songs.
- Vocal arrangement and harmonies show that Brian's true genius has never left him.
- The tag to this song is one of my favorite endings on a Beach Boys record.
- Lyrics
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I'm a cork on the ocean
Floating over the raging sea
How deep is the ocean?
How deep is the ocean?
I lost my way
Hey hey hey
I'm a rock in a landslide
Rolling over the mountainside
How deep is the valley?
How deep is the valley?
It kills my soul
Hey hey hey
I'm a leaf on a windy day
Pretty soon I'll be blown away
How long will the wind blow?
How long will the wind blow?
Ohhhh
Until I die
Until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
- Chords
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Abmaj7................Cm/Bb..Bb
I'm a cork on the ocean
C...........................Cm/Bb..Bb
Floating over the raging sea
Cmaj7..................Fmaj7/C..F6/C
How deep is the ocean?
Bm......................Cmaj7
How deep is the ocean?
Em9................................Gmaj7
I lost my way, hey, hey, hey
Abmaj7...........Cm/Bb..Bb
I'm a rock in a landslide
C...........................Cm/Bb..Bb
Rolling over the mountainside
Cmaj7.................Fmaj7/C..F6/C
How deep is the valley?
Bm......................Cmaj7
How deep is the valley?
Em9...................................Gmaj7
It kills my soul, hey, hey, hey
Abmaj7............Cm/Bb..Bb
I'm a leaf on a windy day
C............................Cm/Bb..Bb
Pretty soon I'll be blown away
Cmaj7....................Fmaj7/C..F6/C
How long will the wind blow?
Bm.........................Cmaj7
How long will the wind blow?
Em9.......................................................G
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
..........Bbmaj7.Ebmaj7.D7.G
Until I die, until I die
G......................Bbmaj7.Ebmaj7.D7.G
These things I'll be until I die
Chart prepared by Francis Greene