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Song For The Life by Jerry Jeff Walker
Song For The Life
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Waltz Time
[Intro]
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G A D
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G A
[Verse]
D A
Well I don't drink as much as I ought to, Lately it just ain't my style.
D D/C# Bm Bm/A
G A D
And the hard times don't cut, like they used to. They pass quicker like
when I was a child.
[Chorus]
G A D G
A Bm Bm/A
And somehow I learned how to listen, to the sound of the sun dying down.
G A D G D D/C#
Bm Bm/A
Knowing in the morning I'll be singing, A song for this life I have found,
G A D
You know it keeps my feet on the ground.
[Instrumental]
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G
[Verse]
A D A
Well the midsummer days sit so heavy, they don't flow like the breeze
through your mind.
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G A D
when nothing feels in a hurry, you make up for some ol' lost time.
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:2nd fret
(Intro)
C G Am C7 F G7 C G7
(Verse 1)
C G7 Am C7
Well I don't drink as much as I ought to
F G7 C G7
Lately it just ain't my style
C G Am C7
And the hard times don't cut like they used to
F G7 C C7
They pass quicker like when I was a child
(Chorus)
F G C C7
And somehow I've learned how to listen
F G7 Am C7
For the sound of the sun dyin' down
F G7 C F
Knowing in the morning I'll be singing
C G Am C7
A song for this life I have found
F G7 C
Ya know it keeps my feet on the ground
C G Am C7 F G7 C G7
(Verse 2)
C G7 Am C7
Well the mid-summer days sit so heavy
F G7 C G7
They don't flow like a breeze through your mind
C G7 Am C7
When nothing appears in a hurry
F G7 C
To make up for some old lost time
(Chorus)
F G C C7
And somehow I've learned how to listen
F G7 Am C7
For the sound of the sun dyin' down
F G7 C F
Knowing in the morning I'll be singing
C G Am C7
A song for this life I have found
F G7 C
Ya know that keeps my feet on the ground
F G C C7
And somehow I've learned how to listen
F G7 Am C7
To the sound of the sun dyin' down
F G C F
Knowing in the morning I'll be singing
C G Am C7
A song for this life I have found
F G7 C
Ya know it keeps my feet on the ground
G Am C7 F G7 C
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