Life For The Taking Chords by Eddie Money

Tempo:
82.1 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

C

Ab

Cm

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Eddie Money - Life For The Taking chords
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[Bb]
[Ab]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Ab]
[C] People say, [Bb] look at the money they save, but [Ab] I don't believe that life's that [Bb] way.
[C] The old man [Bb] once looked me in the eye, [Ab] he seemed to sigh, [C] he seemed to sigh, don't let [Bb] life pass you by.
No, [Ab] no, no, no, no, no.
[C] He seemed to say, [Bb] he wanted me to run.
[Ab] The old man was once a boy, yes, the only [C] young one.
Because it's a life worth a [Bb] taking, and it ain't [C] no, ain't no [Bb] mistaking.
Well, it's a [C] life, it's my [Bb] life, [Ab] life worth a taking.
[C] I can remember [Bb] when I was just a little kid, [Ab] and Greg Bush used to beat me up a bit.
[Cm] But I learned young [Bb] that I couldn't cry.
[Ab] My mama wasn't gonna be by my side.
She said [C] it's a life, life worth a taking, [Bb] and it ain't no, ain't no [Bb] mistaking.
[Gm] Well, it's a life, [C] it's my life, [Ab] life worth a taking.
Gotta take [Fm] it, take it, take it, take [C] it.
[Bb]
[Ab]
[Cm] [Bb]
[Ab]
[C] [Bb]
[Ab]
[C] [Cm] [Bb]
[Ab]
[Cm] [C]
[Bb] [C] [Cm] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[Cm] [Bb]
[C] [C] [Bb]
Oh [C] yeah, [Bb]
[Gm] well it's a life, it's life worth [Bb] a taking.
[A] Well, it [C] ain't no, ain't no [Bb] mistaking.
It's my [Cm] life, it's my life, and I do what I want, [Am] yeah.
[Cm] It's my life worth a [Bb] taking.
[C] [Bb]
[Ab] It's [Cm] my life.
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
Key:  
Bb
12341111
C
3211
Ab
134211114
Cm
13421113
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
C
3211
Ab
134211114
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To learn Eddie Money - Life For The Taking chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Ab, Bb, Ab, Bb, C, Bb, Gm and C. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 41 BPM and then match the original tempo of 82 BPM. With Ab Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ People say, [Bb] look at the money they save, but [Ab] I don't believe that life's that _ [Bb] way.
[C] The old man [Bb] once looked me in the eye, [Ab] _ he seemed to sigh, _ _ [C] _ he seemed to sigh, don't let [Bb] life pass you by.
No, [Ab] no, no, no, no, no.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ He seemed to say, [Bb] he wanted me to run.
[Ab] The old man was once a boy, yes, the only [C] young one. _
Because it's a life worth a [Bb] taking, and it ain't [C] no, ain't no [Bb] mistaking.
Well, it's a [C] life, _ it's my [Bb] life, [Ab] life worth a taking. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] I can remember [Bb] when I was just a little kid, [Ab] _ and Greg Bush used to beat me up a bit.
_ _ [Cm] But I learned young [Bb] that I couldn't cry.
[Ab] My mama wasn't gonna be by my side.
She said [C] it's a life, _ life worth a taking, [Bb] _ and it ain't no, ain't no [Bb] mistaking.
_ [Gm] Well, it's a life, [C] _ it's my life, [Ab] life worth a taking.
Gotta take [Fm] it, take it, take it, take [C] it.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ Oh [C] yeah, _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] well it's a life, _ it's life worth [Bb] a taking.
[A] Well, it [C] ain't no, ain't no [Bb] mistaking.
_ It's my [Cm] life, it's my life, and I do what I want, [Am] yeah.
[Cm] _ It's my life worth a [Bb] taking.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] It's _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] my life.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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