Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C#C#
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
C/G G+G
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
C/G G+G C/GC/G
Verse 1:
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
All I've ever wanted was an honest life
C/GC/G G+G
To be the person that I really am inside
C/GC/G FF
To tell you all the things that I did that night
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Sometimes it just ain't easy to live an honest life
Verse 2:
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
All I've ever needed was a little time to grow
C/GC/G G+G
A augmentedA little time to understand all the things that I know
C/GC/G FF
So I can listen to you lovingly instead of getting up to go
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Some people take a little more time to grow
Chorus:
FF C/GC/G C majorC C/BC/B
Right when you have it all figured out
A minorAm G+G G6G6 G7G7
Life comes to throw you another doubt
FF C/GC/G
But my head's up high
FF C/GC/G
And I ain't got nothing but time
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
To work at living an honest life
{Solo]
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
C/G G+G
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
C/G G+G C/GC/G
Verse 3:
C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
All I've ever asked for was a way to understand
C/GC/G G+G
All of life's lessons the best that I can
C/GC/G FF
How to be honest, how to be wise, and how to be a good friend
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Some things take a lifetime to fully understand
Chorus:
FF C/GC/G C majorC C/BC/B
Right when you have it all figured out
A minorAm G+G G6G6 G7G7
Life comes to throw you another doubt
FF C/GC/G
But my head's up high
FF C/GC/G
And I ain't got nothing but time
C majorC C/DC/D C/EC/E C/FC/F G+G C/GC/G
To work at living an honest life
C majorC C/DC/D C/EC/E C/FC/F G+G FF C/GC/G
To work at living an honest life