Black / Colin Vearncombe - This is life Chords
Tempo:
75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Am]
[F]
[G] [C]
[B] [C] If your lonely heart is aching, think you can't take anymore, [Am] you have to cut your hands
to [A] keep the lines.
[C] [F] I will lean across your shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
[B] [C] If you're old enough to face it, you are old enough to fake it, [Am] to get what you desire
and [G] still ask why.
[F] Then I'll tap you on the shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
This [G] is what you struggle for, [Em] no reprisals, [G] no resistance, [C] this is life.
Can you answer me a question?
Have you laid awake at night?
[Am] The blinds are on the ceiling [Em] streaked with light.
[F] Feel tired but you can't sleep, [G] feel so hungry you can't eat, well [C] this is life.
[B] [C] As your courage seemed to fail you, as you take your chosen path,
[Am] you pass a camel through a needle's eye.
Cut [F] up in tiny little pieces [G] and you've learned the major rule that [C] this is life.
[B] [C] [G] This is what you waited for, [Em] no rehearsals, [G] no more [C] stalling, this is life.
[G] Have it tattooed on the inside [Em] of your pink and [G] sleepy eyelids, [C] this is life.
[G] [C]
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, [Em] [C] grow more foolish than we can ever guess.
You feel your [G] nerve end slowly coiling and you hope the answers know the [C] answers, yes.
[G] This is what you struggle for, no reprisals, no resistance, [C] this is life.
[G] This is what you waited for, no rehearsals, no more stalling, [C] this is life.
[G]
If you can't do what you want, lead by example, don't get caught, cause [C] this is life.
This is life.
This is life.
[A]
[C] This is life.
[Am] This is life.
[F]
[G] [C]
[B] [C] If your lonely heart is aching, think you can't take anymore, [Am] you have to cut your hands
to [A] keep the lines.
[C] [F] I will lean across your shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
[B] [C] If you're old enough to face it, you are old enough to fake it, [Am] to get what you desire
and [G] still ask why.
[F] Then I'll tap you on the shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
This [G] is what you struggle for, [Em] no reprisals, [G] no resistance, [C] this is life.
Can you answer me a question?
Have you laid awake at night?
[Am] The blinds are on the ceiling [Em] streaked with light.
[F] Feel tired but you can't sleep, [G] feel so hungry you can't eat, well [C] this is life.
[B] [C] As your courage seemed to fail you, as you take your chosen path,
[Am] you pass a camel through a needle's eye.
Cut [F] up in tiny little pieces [G] and you've learned the major rule that [C] this is life.
[B] [C] [G] This is what you waited for, [Em] no rehearsals, [G] no more [C] stalling, this is life.
[G] Have it tattooed on the inside [Em] of your pink and [G] sleepy eyelids, [C] this is life.
[G] [C]
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, [Em] [C] grow more foolish than we can ever guess.
You feel your [G] nerve end slowly coiling and you hope the answers know the [C] answers, yes.
[G] This is what you struggle for, no reprisals, no resistance, [C] this is life.
[G] This is what you waited for, no rehearsals, no more stalling, [C] this is life.
[G]
If you can't do what you want, lead by example, don't get caught, cause [C] this is life.
This is life.
This is life.
[A]
[C] This is life.
[Am] This is life.
Key:
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ If your lonely heart is aching, think you can't take anymore, [Am] you have to cut your hands
to [A] keep the lines.
[C] _ [F] I will lean across your shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ If you're old enough to face it, you are old enough to fake it, [Am] to get what you desire
and [G] still ask why.
_ [F] Then I'll tap you on the shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
This _ _ _ [G] is what you struggle for, [Em] no reprisals, [G] no resistance, [C] this is life.
_ _ _ _ Can you answer me a question?
Have you laid awake at night?
[Am] The blinds are on the ceiling [Em] streaked with light.
_ [F] Feel tired but you can't sleep, [G] feel so hungry you can't eat, well [C] this is life.
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ As your courage seemed to fail you, as you take your chosen path,
[Am] you pass a camel through a needle's eye.
Cut [F] up in tiny little pieces [G] and you've learned the major rule that [C] this is life.
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ [G] This is what you waited for, [Em] no rehearsals, [G] no more [C] stalling, this is life.
_ _ _ _ [G] Have it tattooed on the inside [Em] of your pink and [G] sleepy eyelids, [C] this is life. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Absence makes the heart grow fonder, _ _ [Em] _ [C] grow more foolish than we can ever guess.
You feel your [G] nerve end slowly coiling and you hope the answers know the [C] answers, yes.
_ [G] This is what you struggle for, no reprisals, no resistance, [C] this is life. _ _ _
_ [G] This is what you waited for, no rehearsals, no more stalling, [C] this is life.
_ [G] _ _
_ If you can't do what you want, lead by example, don't get caught, cause [C] this is life. _ _ _ _
_ This is life. _ _ _ _
_ This is life.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] This is life. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] This is life. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ If your lonely heart is aching, think you can't take anymore, [Am] you have to cut your hands
to [A] keep the lines.
[C] _ [F] I will lean across your shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ If you're old enough to face it, you are old enough to fake it, [Am] to get what you desire
and [G] still ask why.
_ [F] Then I'll tap you on the shoulder [G] and whisper in your ear that [C] this is life.
This _ _ _ [G] is what you struggle for, [Em] no reprisals, [G] no resistance, [C] this is life.
_ _ _ _ Can you answer me a question?
Have you laid awake at night?
[Am] The blinds are on the ceiling [Em] streaked with light.
_ [F] Feel tired but you can't sleep, [G] feel so hungry you can't eat, well [C] this is life.
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ As your courage seemed to fail you, as you take your chosen path,
[Am] you pass a camel through a needle's eye.
Cut [F] up in tiny little pieces [G] and you've learned the major rule that [C] this is life.
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ [G] This is what you waited for, [Em] no rehearsals, [G] no more [C] stalling, this is life.
_ _ _ _ [G] Have it tattooed on the inside [Em] of your pink and [G] sleepy eyelids, [C] this is life. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Absence makes the heart grow fonder, _ _ [Em] _ [C] grow more foolish than we can ever guess.
You feel your [G] nerve end slowly coiling and you hope the answers know the [C] answers, yes.
_ [G] This is what you struggle for, no reprisals, no resistance, [C] this is life. _ _ _
_ [G] This is what you waited for, no rehearsals, no more stalling, [C] this is life.
_ [G] _ _
_ If you can't do what you want, lead by example, don't get caught, cause [C] this is life. _ _ _ _
_ This is life. _ _ _ _
_ This is life.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] This is life. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] This is life. _ _ _ _
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