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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C
Difficulty: Novice
C C/E F G Am C/E F C G
Verse 1:
C C/E F G Am
14A, window seat, tennis shoes and faded jeans
Em F C G
Nervous as he tells me it's his first time on a plane
C C/E F G Am
We took off and headed east; I was thumbing through the magazines
Em F C G
He felt like talking and offered me his name
F C/E Dm C G
So I asked him how he was
F C/E F
And he smiled and said, "well son."
Chorus 1:
F C
I've been better, I've been worse
Am G
I've chased after pretty girls
F C G
Seen a couple places that I never thought I'd see
F C G E/G# Am
I've walked into harder times, I've walked out the other side
F C Am
It seems like you end up getting what you need
F C Am
Yeah, looking down from 30,000 feet
F C
Life's been good to me
C C/E F G Am C/E F C G
Verse 2:
C C/E F G Am
I've been out a month or so, another night, another show
C/E F C G
One hundred different cities, they all just seem the same
C C/E F G Am
He asked me what it must be like, singing songs under the lights
Em F C G
Well, it's got its moments, just the same as anything
F C/E Dm C G
I miss my town, I miss my wife
F C/E F
But I'm up here with you tonight
Chorus 2:
F C
I said I've been better, I've been worse
Am G
I have loved a pretty girl
F C G
I've seen a couple places that I never thought I'd see
F C G E/G# Am
I've walked into harder times, I've walked out the other side
F C Am
It seems like you end up getting what you need
F C Am
Yeah, looking down from 30,000 feet
F C
Life's been good to me
F C
Good to me
C C/E F G Am C C/E Dm G/B C
Bridge:
Dm Am Dm G
Sometimes we can get lost living in the here and now
Dm Am Bb G
Sometimes it takes the sky to see what's on the ground
C C/E F G Am C C/E Dm G/B C
Chorus 2:
F C
I've been better, I've been worse
Am G
I've chased after pretty girls
F C G
I've seen a couple places that I never thought I'd see
F C G E/G# Am
I've walked into harder times, I've walked out the other side
F C Am
It seems like you end up getting what you need
F C Am
Yeah, looking down from 30,000 feet
F C
Life's been good to me
F C
Good to me
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Last Updated: February 10, 2026