Song For The Life chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Transcribed by: Chris Parsons
Waltz Time

Intro:
D MajorD D/C# B minorBm Bm/ABm/A G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
D D/C# B minorBm Bm/ABm/A G+G A augmentedA

Verse:
 D MajorD   A augmentedA
Well I don't drink as much as I ought to,   Lately it just ain't my style.
    D MajorD            D/C#          B minorBm  Bm/ABm/A
 G+G        A augmentedA         D MajorD
And the hard times don't cut, like they used to.    They pass quicker like
when I was a child.

Chorus:
    G+G       A augmentedA          D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA      B minorBm   Bm/ABm/A
And somehow I learned how to listen, to the sound of the sun dying down.
G+G          A augmentedA          D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD        D/C#
   B minorBm   Bm/ABm/A
Knowing in the morning I'll be singing, A augmentedA song for this life I have found,
 G+G               A augmentedA        D MajorD
You know it keeps my feet on the ground.

Instrumental:
D MajorD D/C# B minorBm Bm/ABm/A G+G

Verse:
 A augmentedA              D MajorD    A augmentedA
Well the midsummer days sit so heavy,  they don't flow like the breeze
through your mind.
     D MajorD     D/C#    B minorBm  Bm/ABm/A   G+G      A augmentedA         D MajorD
when nothing feels in a hurry,    you make up for some ol' lost time.