Skydiving (personalized)

Words and cords at bottom of page.  

This was just for practice for a performance this weekend with my daughters, at a women's conference.  I love this song. It is great!   

My husband (the girls dad) died when they were young.  We adjusted a few of these words so that it went with a story about him.  It encourages us to appreciate our lives, and to have the right perspective, and hopefully, bring us to action in a positive way.  

ADD ON 1/14/14 - I also added a video (immediately below)  of my daughters and I (accompanied by Daryl) singing, "Skydiving" at a women's conference.  I started to cry and Janelle picked up for me.   Thanks Janelle!  I still struggled to sing the rest of the way through, making my voice/harmony shaky and a bit off.  That just happens sometimes when something is near to your heart

Skydiving, performed by The Singing Grandma w/daughters and Daryl, on 1/11/14


Skydiving practice, end only


Skydiving practice with daughters and Daryl


Skydiving, practice, one of the harmonies 

Skydiving (Key of G)

Intro -          C (variant)    D       C (variant)    D  (repeat and step up vocals)

Ooooooooooo     oooooooooooo

Merilee

                G                                            C (variant)

He was in his early forties with a lot of life before him

                  Em                                  D                                 C (variant)

When a moment came that stopped him on a dime

Mom

                    G                                           C (variant)

He spent most of the next days, starin’ at the x-rays

 Em                             D                       C (variant)

talkin' 'bout the options ,  and talkin' 'bout sweet time"

Janelle

Em   (oooo)                                                          Em7

When it finally sank in , that this  might  really be the real end

               Em? (only 1 finger)                      C              (C variant)

How it hit him – to hear that kind of news?

Chorus

                     G                                    C(variant)

He went skydiving , he went Rocky Mountain climbing

                  Em   D                                                 C      

He went 2.7 seconds  on a bull named Foo Man Chu

                 G                                         B

And he loved deeper, and he spoke sweeter

                  Em                                D                                    C

And he (ooooooo) gave forgiveness he’d been denying

                 C (variant)

And he said (UNISON)
                                                            D                                                 G              

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying"      
       C(variant)    Em      D      C(variant)

Rachelle/April

He was the husband, that she’d always wanted

He became a friend a friend would like to have

Janelle/Rachelle

And all of a sudden going fishin', wasn't such an imposition

And he went three times that year he lost his dad

Ooooooooo

Merilee (000000)

He finally read the Good Book, and he took a good, long, hard look

At what he’d do if he could do it all again

Chorus

                     G                                    C(variant)

He went skydiving , he went Rocky Mountain climbing

                  Em   D                                                 C      

He went 2.7 seconds  (Janelle alone) on a bull named Foo Man Chu

                 G                                         B

And he loved deeper, and he spoke sweeter

                  Em                                D                                    C

And he (ooooooo) gave forgiveness he’d been denying

                 C (variant)

And he said (UNISON) 
                                                          D                                                   Em

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying"

Bridge

Janelle

              Em7                                                                                       Em? (1 finger only)

Like tomorrow (ooooooo) was a gift and He’s got eternity to think about

                       C

What would he do with it

What would he do with it  (add in mom) (UNISON)

                                  C (variant)

What would you do with it? (add in Merilee/Rachelle)

What would I do with it? (add April/Shauna)

Key change to A        (Change words to “I”)

A                             D

Skydivin’ , I’d go  Rocky mountain climbing

          F#m                         D

I’d go 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man chu

                 A                                   C#                                  

And I’d love deeper and I’d speak sweeter,

                 F#m                        E                                     D      

and I’d (oooooo) give forgiveness I’d been denying  (watch an eagle as it was flying)

And He said (UNISON) 
                                                          E                                                    A                 D

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying”

                                           A              D

“To live like you were dying”

                                             A                D        A                 D            A

 “To live like you were dy…………………ing”