Tim McGraw is a famous country music singer born in 1967 in Louisiana. Some of his many accolades include over 40 million albums sold, 32 number-one singles, and awards from the Grammys, ACMs, CMAs, and American Music Awards. His hit song "Live Like You Were Dying" tells the story of a soldier writing letters to his wife and unborn daughter about his love for them and what he hopes for their future, ending with the audience clapping after the acoustic guitar outro. The song was co-written after McGraw's father's death and spent 7 weeks at number one on the country music charts.

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3.  Born May 1, 1967 in Delhi, LA
 Father was a famous baseball player Tug McGraw
 Released first album in 1993
 Married Faith Hill in 1996
 Co-stared in “The Blind Side” with Sandra Bullock in
2009.
 Released his 11 album in 2013

4.  Over 40 million units sold
 32 #1 singles
 Most played artist on the radio during the previous
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3 Grammy Awards
14 Academy of Country Music Awards
11 Country Music Association Awards
10 American Music Awards
3 People’s Choice Awards

8.  Song begins with a few notes from the acoustic guitar.
 First verse – A soldier writes a letter to his wife telling
her that he loves her and that he will be watching her
from heaven if he dies.
 Second verse – The soldier writes to his unborn
daughter and explains what he hopes for her to be.
 Third verse – The soldier tells his wife that he knows
she will eventually move on and that is ok.
 The song ends with a few more notes from the acoustic
guitar and an audience clapping.

9.  Co-written by Tim
McGraw and Brad and
Brett Warren.
 First Played at the ACM
awards in Las Vegas,
Nevada on May 15, 2007
 After the song was over,
the lights came on to
reveal families of fallen
soldiers.

10.  Song written because of his father dying and told him
to “Live like you were dying” who died a year earlier.
 Was #1 on the country charts for seven consecutive
weeks.
 He perfectly depicts what he is singing.
 More contemporary country.