Chords with lyrics
...There are other tabs out there that are on key and use bar chords. But if you're
like me (and you can't sing that high) you'll like this version more. It is done in
a different key, and is comprised almost completely of open chords (opposed to bar
chords) so it sounds much, much nicer. I wanted to provide an open-chord version -
a couple keys lower - for everyone... So here it is.
The chords are described first, and the song is laid out with the lyrics below. Enjoy!
Chords:
D MajorD
e-------------------------------3-------2-------2----------|
b---------------1-------1-------3---------------3----------|
g---------------2-----------------------2-------2----------|
d-------2-------2-------2---------------1------------------|
a-------2---------------3-------2-------2------------------|
e-------------------------------3--------------------------|
Optional variations/additions to those chords:
F#F#
e-------3------(3)-----(3)------7---------------------------------------|
b-------3-------1(3)----1-------7-------4-----------------------3-------|
g---------------2---------------8-------4-----------------------2-------|
d-------2-------2-------2-------9-------4---------------4---------------|
a-------2---------------3-------9-------2---------------4---------------|
e-------------------------------7---------------2-------2-------2-------|
Chords for the 2nd and 3rd Verses!
*** Note the hammer-ons... He does repeatedly for the 
E minorEm and 
A minorAm chords in both the
verse and chorus (mostly in the verse). You can figure out the strumming on your own
- experiment...
A minorAm
e------------------------------------------|
b---------------0h1-----1-------0h1--------|
g---------------2-------0h2-----0h2--------|
d-------0h2-----2-------0h2-----0h2--------|
a-------0h2--------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------|
Song:
VERSE 1 (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)
E minorEm
It takes a crane to build a crane
A minorAm
It takes two floors to make a story
C majorC
It takes an egg to make a hen
C majorC
It takes a hen to make an egg
B minorBm
There is no end to what I'm saying
E minorEm
It takes a thought to make a word
A minorAm
And it takes some word to make an action
C majorC
And It takes some work to make it work
C majorC
It takes some good to make it hurt
B minorBm
It takes some bad for satisfaction
CHORUS (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)
A minorAm
La la la la la la la life is wonderful
E minorEm chord)
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
A minorAm
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
D MajorD
Al la la la la
VERSE 2 (Strumming)
E minorEm
It takes a night to make it dawn
A minorAm
And it takes a day to make you yawn brother
C majorC
It takes some old to make you young
C majorC
It takes some cold to know the sun
BB
It takes the one to have the other
(-----This is where the drums would come in------)
E minorEm
And It takes no time to fall in love
A minorAm
But it takes you years to know what love is
C majorC
And It takes some fears to make you trust
C majorC
It takes those tears to make it rust
BB
It takes the dust to have it polished
CHORUS 2
A minorAm
Ha la la la la la la life is wonderful
F#F# - optional)
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
A minorAm
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
D MajorD E minorEm (keep playing this chord until next verse)
Ah la la la la la la life is so...
BRIDGE
Just keep playing variations of that E minorEm chord (that you just ended on - from Chorus 2)
VERSE 3
E minorEm
It takes some silence to make sound
A minorAm
And It takes a loss before you found it
C majorC
And It takes a road to go nowhere
C majorC
It takes a toll to make you care
BB
It takes a hole to make a mountain
CHORUS 3
A minorAm
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
F#F# - optional)
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
A minorAm
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
F#F# - optional)
Ah la la la la la la love is meaningful
A minorAm
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
D MajorD
Ah la la la la la la...
E minorEm
It is so wonderful
E minorEm (like the Bridge - just keep playing this chord until the end)
It is so meaningful
E minorEm
It is so wonderful
E minorEm
It is meaningful
E minorEm
It is wonderful
E minorEm
And meaningful
E minorEm
It goes full circle
E minorEm
Wonderful
E minorEm
Meaningful
E minorEm
Full Circle
E minorEm
Wonderful
...
Let me know if you have any comments, questions, or requests! =)
[email protected]
Other versions of Life Is Wonderful
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Life Is Wonderful by Jason Mraz
