Chords for ARTIE BUTLER "HERE'S TO LIFE"

Let me tell you about this next song that seems to follow me around, thank God. _ _ _ _
I was up in Lake Tahoe once and I was watching The Tonight Show and George Burns was on.
_ And he was about 83 years old at the time and Johnny Carson asked him, he said,
George, what do you think about life? _ _ _
And without missing a beat, _ he said,
John, I think the second [N] half is going to be better. _ _
Without missing a beat.
And I went, _ _ I couldn't believe it.
This man who embraced life with every ounce of _ _ energy in him.
And I went to the piano, I have a piano up there, and I wrote this next song in 20 minutes.
I swear to God, in 20 minutes.
I did not write the lyric.
A wonderful writer named [A] Phyllis Mowry wrote the lyric, but I did write the [N] title and the key _ words,
and Phyllis wrote the lyric.
I do not profess to have written the lyric,
but I wrote the title and a bunch of the key words to the lyric, and I gave a few _ writers the lyric.
And they all wrote words to the songs that were too rhymy, too moon, June, spoon, if you know what I mean.
And I wasn't happy with it, but Phyllis nailed it.
_ _ _ Boy, did she ever.
So Phyllis, thank you.
She's not with us, sadly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ And Shirley Horne made the most delicious record.
I was at the recording session, _ _ and [Eb] they had to pick me up off the floor of the studio with a whisper.
I [Bb] _
couldn't move after.
And Johnny Mandel's arrangement, I think, was an oil painting.
I don't think it was [E] an arrangement.
I think it was a French Impressionistic painting.
I just think it was delicious.
And then _ a bunch of [A] years later, Barbra Streisand recorded it.
And what can you say?
You know, I mean, that's the gift of gifts, you know.
So _ _ I'd like to share this with you. _ _
_ I wrote it for my dad with him in mind, and he never got to hear it.
But _ _ maybe I'll get to play it for him someday myself.
You never know. _
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_ _ _ _ _ No complaints _ and no regrets. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ I still believe in [Ab] chasing dreams _ _ [Eb] and _ [Ebm] placing bets.
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For I have learned [G] that all you give _ is _ _ [Dbm] all you get. _
_ _ _ _ _ So you give it all [Fm] you've got. _ _ _ _ _
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I had my share, drank my fill. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ And even though [Ab] I'm satisfied,
_ _ [Eb] I'm _ hungry [Fm] still _ to _ see what's [G] down another road, _ _ _ _ [Dbm] beyond a hill, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] and do it all [F] again. _
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_ _ _ _ So [Ab] here's to life _ [Fm] and _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ every _ [F] joy it _ _ brings.
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_ _ [Db] Here's to life, _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ to _ _ [F] dreamers and their _ _ [Cm] dreams.
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Funny how the time just flies.
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_ How love can go from warm alone [Ab] _ _ _ to sad [Fm] goodbyes.
_ _ _ And leave you with [G] the memories, _ _ if memorized, [Dbm] _ _ _ _ to keep your [Fm] winters [Eb] warm.
[Fm] For _ _
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there's no yes in yesterday. _ _
_ [Eb] And _ who knows what [Ab] tomorrow _ _ brings or takes away.
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As long as I'm [G] still in the game, _ _ _ _ _ I'm [C] gonna play [Bb] _
for _ _ laughs, [C] _ _
_ for life, _ _ [F] for love. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So here's [Db] to _ life _ and [Eb] _ _
_ _ every [G] joy it _ _ brings.
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_ [Ab] _ Here's to [Db] _ _ _
_ life, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ to _ dreamers [G] and their _ _ dreams.
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May [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] all _ your storms [Eb] be _ weathered.
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_ And all that's good _ [Fm] get better. _ _ _ _ _
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Here's to life, _ _ here's to love, _
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_ here's to [Cm] you. _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [G] May _ [Db] _
_ all _ _ your [Bbm] storms be _ _ _ _ [Bb] weathered.
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And all that's good get _ _
[Ab] better.
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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ Here's to life, _ _ [Bb] here's to love, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ and _ here's _ _ [Fm] to _ you. _ _ _
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