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Life Being What It Is by Kaki King
Life Being What It Is
Drop A
A
C
G
A
E
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---0---0---0---0-------5---5---5---5---------------------------------------|
-0---0-------0---0---5---5-------5---5-------------------------------------|
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You put a note in my pocket,
said be good to yourself,
but that was all.
Life being what it is,
we all dream of revenge.
Open your eyes for a second,
just to roll them at me.
I stare straight into the sun,
something to concentrate on.
And if you turn it on you'll find,
I've written you a thousand times.
You would do anything,
you'd give up everything,
for God knows why.
I just can't stay till you're gone,
I won't wish you well,
I won't see you off,
I won't try to call,
if I see you in my mind,
I'll say to you,
its not your fault.
You said I'll see you in September,
but that's not long enough for me.
you put a note in my pocket,
so it would take care of me.
But that was all.
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version 2
Tuning: AACGAE
e|----------------0--------------|----------------5--------------|
A|---------------0------0--------|----5----------5------5--------|
G|----0--------0------------0----|-------------5------------5----|
C|----0-------0-------0-------0--|----5-------5-------5-------5--|
A|0-------0-------0-------0------|5-------5-------5-------5------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
e|----8-----------7--------------|----------------5--------------|
A|----------8-------7-------7----|---------------5------5--------|
G|--------------9-------7--------|----5--------5------------5----|
C|----9-------9-------7-------7--|----5-------5-------5-------5--|
A|8-------8-------7-------7------|5-------5-------5-------5------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
When she plays the hammer-on in the beginning of the song it is during the open string chord above and she
hammers on the first and second string on the third fret then pulls off.
And when she sings, "I stared straight into the sun, something to concentrate on" she plays:
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|----------------------0--------|
G|12------7-------9-------5------|4-------2-------0---------0----| twice
C|12------7-------9-------5------|4-------2-------0---0-------0--|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------0------|
A|12------7-------8-------5------|3-------1-------0--------------|
then plays this harmonic pattern
e|--------+7---------------------|
A|-------+7----------------------|
G|----+7-----+5------------------|
C|---+7--------------------------|
A|+7-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
The bridge is made up of a few different chords, so I'll list them but again the picking is similar so you can
work it out yourself.
x x x x
5 5 11 0
play 6 6 9 6
twice 6 6 9 6
5 0 9 0
x x x x
x x x x 0
5 0 3 2 0
then 6 6 4 2 1
6 6 4 2 2
5 0 3 2 2
x x x x x
You put a note in my pocket,
said be good to yourself,
but that was all.
Life being what it is,
we all dream of revenge.
Open your eyes for a second,
just to roll them at me.
I stare straight into the sun,
something to concentrate on.
And if you turn it on you'll find,
I've written you a thousand times.
You would do anything,
you'd give up everything,
for God knows why.
I just can't stay till you're gone,
I won't wish you well,
I won't see you off,
I won't try to call,
if I see you in my mind,
I'll say to you,
its not your fault.
You said I'll see you in September,
but that's not long enough for me.
you put a note in my pocket,
so it would take care of me.
But that was all.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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