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How To Live Chords by Del Water Gap

How To Live chords by Del Water Gap

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: D

Verse 1:
              G
Did I fog the lens
            D
With crying eyes?
            A
Did I get undressed
               Bm
To drop the disguise?
             G
Trade common sin
           D
For common sense
         A
A life undone
              Bm
In heaps of regret
     G
Baby bird
           D
My cult of one
                A
You're getting thin
            Bm
My prodigal son
              G
So I count my stones
                D
Before they're laid
              A
Like the architects
              Bm
Of ancient Pompeii
Chorus:
  G                              D
I know too much it's freaking me out
            A
But there's gold under the rust
    Bm
Figuring out just how to live
    G                           D
I'm so afraid you're finding me out
            A
But there's something in the rough
    Bm
Figuring out just how to live

Post-chorus:
  G
I made a little money but it's never enough
       D
She'll tell me that she want me but it's still ain't enough
   A
My neighbors gettin' naughty and it's keeping me up
        Bm
There's no god above me and it's fuckin' me up
    G
She came into the lobby, eyes lookin' for love
    D
She don't know that I've had another honey for months
          A
And I'm a man with a thimble fighting a flood
      Bm
Still figuring out how to live
G  D

Verse 2:
       G
Monday comes
     D
I'm ashamed
              A
From throwing crumbs
                 Bm
At the funeral parade
        G
I can't sleep
           D
I'm losing face
            A
I'm so much older
        Bm
Than my age
        G
I can't sleep
         D
Waste my days
            A                Bm
I'm so much older than I can take, oh

Chorus:
  G                              D
I know too much it's freaking me out
            A
But there's gold under the rust
    Bm
Figuring out just how to live
    G                           D
I'm so afraid you're finding me out
            A
But there's something in the rough
    Bm
Figuring out just how to live

Post-chorus:
  G
I made a little money but it's never enough
       D
She'll tell me that she want me but it's still ain't enough
   A
My neighbors gettin' naughty and it's keeping me up
        Bm                       N.C
There's no god above me and it's fuckin' me up
    G
She came into the lobby, eyes lookin' for love
    D
She don't know that I've had another honey for months
          A
And I'm a man with a thimble fighting a flood
      Bm
Still figuring out how to live

Instrumental:
G  D  A  Bm  G  D  A  Bm

Bridge:
      G
And I always play the victim
            D
Though I'll tell myself I don't
       A
Mister casual and flippant
     Bm
He's ashamed to be alone
           G
And I'm no stranger to the distance
        D
But I'm missing her bad
        A
And I'm up at night and wishing
         Bm
It could be simple as that

Chorus:
  G                              D
I know too much it's freaking me out
            A
But there's gold under the rust
    Bm
Figuring out just how to live
    G                           D
I'm so afraid you're finding me out
            A
But there's something in the rough
    Bm
Figuring out just how to live

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Del Water Gap chords for How to live

About this song

"How to Live" by Del Water Gap features a simple yet effective chord progression in the key of A major. The song showcases clean guitar tones with a subtle use of reverb and delay effects. Lead singer and guitarist S. Holden Jaffe delivers introspective lyrics over a laid-back groove, with bassist Charles Schlinkert providing a solid foundation. The track's production emphasizes a stripped-down, intimate sound, allowing the emotional core of the song to shine through.