Chords for BACHMAN TURNER - ROCK IS MY LIFE -by Gene Greenwood
Tempo:
120.8 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[A]
[D] [A]
It's a hurried up [D] life, [A] but it's a life I [D] choose.
use [D] in asking me to slow down, [A]
cause I got [E] nothing to lose.
Time and [A] time is all I've got.
[A] [E]
[A]
[D] [A]
It's a hurried up [D] life, [A] but it's a life I [D] choose.
use [D] in asking me to slow down, [A]
cause I got [E] nothing to lose.
Time and [A] time is all I've got.
100% ➙ 121BPM
A
E
D
Em
G
A
E
D
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
It's a hurried up [D] life, _ _ [A] _ but it's a life I [D] choose.
_ _ [A] _ No use [D] in asking me to slow down, _ _ [A] _
cause I got [E] nothing to lose. _ _
Time and [A] time is all I've got. _ _ _ _
I was born standing up with a guitar in my hand. _
Not trying to come out like Hollywood, _ _ but Hollywood is what I am.
Coming _
_ [D] _ to a new [E] town, _
_ [Em] _ _ everybody's [E] there. _ _
[D] _ [Em] When we [A] play our music, [E] _
_ [D] _ [Em] hands are in the [A] air.
[E] _
_ _ When the [A] music's over, _ [E] _
_ _ you wonder where [A] we are.
[E] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] Standing [A] in the silence [E] _
_ [D] with my [A] own guitar. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Rock is my life, _ _ _ _ and this is my song. _
_ _ _ Rock is my life. _
_ _ _ [G] It's a crying [D] shame that [A] _ _ [F#] some of us have not [A]
survived.
_ No [E] use in asking how it happened, _ [A] _ but very [D] few are left alive.
_ _ [A] _ [Em] We've just got to keep [D] on making music.
_ [A] _ _ Got to keep on keeping on.
_ _ You're only as good as your last record.
_ _ _ _ But someday we'll be back.
_ [G] _ When we come into a new [E] town, _ [D] _ _ [B] _
everybody's there.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [E] When we play our music, _ _ [D] _ [B] hands are in the air.
_ [E] _ _ When the [A] music's over, [E] _ _ [D] _ you wonder where we are.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E]
Standing in [A] the silence [E] _ _ [D] _ [B] with my own guitar.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Rock is my life, _ _ _ and this is my [D] song.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Rock is my [E] life.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ Coming [A] to a new [E] town, _
_ [A] _ _ everybody's [E] there. _ _
_ When we play our music, _ [D] hands _ [E] are in the air. _ _
_ _ When the music's over, _ _
[D] _ you [E] wonder where we are.
[E] _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] Standing in the [A] [E] silence _ _ _ with my own guitar.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [E] Rock is my [D] life, _ [Em] _ _ [A] and this is [E] my song.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Rock is my life, [A] _ _ _ _ and [Em] this is my song.
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] So glad you came here [A] tonight.
_ _ [A] Let [E] me play my guitar.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] Rock is my [D] life.
_ _ [A] _ [E] This is my song.
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
It's a hurried up [D] life, _ _ [A] _ but it's a life I [D] choose.
_ _ [A] _ No use [D] in asking me to slow down, _ _ [A] _
cause I got [E] nothing to lose. _ _
Time and [A] time is all I've got. _ _ _ _
I was born standing up with a guitar in my hand. _
Not trying to come out like Hollywood, _ _ but Hollywood is what I am.
Coming _
_ [D] _ to a new [E] town, _
_ [Em] _ _ everybody's [E] there. _ _
[D] _ [Em] When we [A] play our music, [E] _
_ [D] _ [Em] hands are in the [A] air.
[E] _
_ _ When the [A] music's over, _ [E] _
_ _ you wonder where [A] we are.
[E] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] Standing [A] in the silence [E] _
_ [D] with my [A] own guitar. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Rock is my life, _ _ _ _ and this is my song. _
_ _ _ Rock is my life. _
_ _ _ [G] It's a crying [D] shame that [A] _ _ [F#] some of us have not [A]
survived.
_ No [E] use in asking how it happened, _ [A] _ but very [D] few are left alive.
_ _ [A] _ [Em] We've just got to keep [D] on making music.
_ [A] _ _ Got to keep on keeping on.
_ _ You're only as good as your last record.
_ _ _ _ But someday we'll be back.
_ [G] _ When we come into a new [E] town, _ [D] _ _ [B] _
everybody's there.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [E] When we play our music, _ _ [D] _ [B] hands are in the air.
_ [E] _ _ When the [A] music's over, [E] _ _ [D] _ you wonder where we are.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E]
Standing in [A] the silence [E] _ _ [D] _ [B] with my own guitar.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Rock is my life, _ _ _ and this is my [D] song.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Rock is my [E] life.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ Coming [A] to a new [E] town, _
_ [A] _ _ everybody's [E] there. _ _
_ When we play our music, _ [D] hands _ [E] are in the air. _ _
_ _ When the music's over, _ _
[D] _ you [E] wonder where we are.
[E] _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] Standing in the [A] [E] silence _ _ _ with my own guitar.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [E] Rock is my [D] life, _ [Em] _ _ [A] and this is [E] my song.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Rock is my life, [A] _ _ _ _ and [Em] this is my song.
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] So glad you came here [A] tonight.
_ _ [A] Let [E] me play my guitar.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] Rock is my [D] life.
_ _ [A] _ [E] This is my song.
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _