Amazing Life chords by Clare Bowditch

Chords with lyrics

Opening chord: Gmaj7Gmaj7 [3202xx]

[Verse 1]

N.C.    G+G                C majorC
You want to write a novel, make beautiful music
             G+G
Act in the theatre with inspiring humans
G+G
Learn a language and run like the wind
        D MajorD
Help people fit in, travel to every country
  C majorC                            G+G
And make a million dollars and smile when your children have babies
                Gmaj7Gmaj7
Make the heart your home, inviting and warm

[Chorus 1]

   E minorEm        C majorC   G+G      C majorC
You want an amazing life but you can’t decide
       G+G    A augmentedA         C majorC   G+G
You think you have to be fully formed already, don’t ya?
       E minorEm   C majorC    G+G      Cmaj7Cmaj7
You want an amazing life but you can’t decide...
             A augmentedA     C majorC
You don’t have to be just one thing
              G+G
But you have to start with something


[Verse 2]

D MajorD           C majorC     G+G
You’ll be a little bit older in October
                D MajorD
You’ve reneged on your pre-birth promise
    C majorC         G+G
Now you think that this story is over
             D MajorD
Let me encourage you to know
     C majorC         G+G
You will feel it when it is over, it feels like hell
              D MajorD     C majorC
Take it as a sign you need time to be still
  G+G      C majorC   G+G    [single strums: 320xxx 330xxx 320xxx]
And listen for a while


[Chorus 2]

N.C.      E minorEm   C majorC    G+G      C majorC
You want this amazing life but you can’t decide
       G+G    A augmentedA         C majorC   G+G
You think you have to be fully formed already, don’t ya?
       E minorEm   C majorC    G+G      Cmaj7Cmaj7
You want an amazing life but you can’t decide
             A augmentedA     C majorC
You don’t have to be just one thing
              G+G
But you have to start with something

             A augmentedA     C majorC
You don’t have to be just one thing
              G+G
But you have to start with something

              A augmentedA     C majorC
You do not have to be just one thing
           N.C.       G+G
But you have to start...with something