Just One Lifetime chords by Sting

Chords with lyrics

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

Shaggy and Sting!
Just One Lifetime


Intro:
B minorBm  F# minorF#m  E MajorE  E7E7

Verse 1:
B minorBm
The time has come, the world has said,
F# minorF#m
To talk of many things,
E MajorE
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax,
E7E7
Of cabbages and kings.

B minorBm
Life a the greatest gift given to humanity,
F# minorF#m
Surround yourself with a lot a positive energy,
E MajorE
Yuh caan buy it even if yuh have wull heap a money,
E7E7
A augmentedA das why we spread love ina the community.
B minorBm
Yuh coulda be small man or a celebrity,
F# minorF#m
Yuh coulda live uptown or di ina city,
E MajorE
Wi need a world full peace and serenity,
E7E7
Sting come sing out fi everybody.

Verse 2:
B minorBm
The time has come, as Shaggy said,
F# minorF#m
To talk of many things,
E MajorE
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax,
E7E7
Of cabbages and kings.

B minorBm
The planets tune in retrograde,
F# minorF#m
The moon seems to have fled,
E MajorE
The world is spinning upside down,
E7E7
And landed on its head.

Chorus:
     D MajorD   F# minorF#m
Just one lifetime,
         E MajorE           E7E7
And there’s only one, yes there’s only one.
     D MajorD   F# minorF#m
Just one life to live,
          E MajorE
Assuming that we’ll make it,
            E7E7

We’ve no choice but to take it.

Verse 3:
B minorBm
I’m with you, the Walrus said,
F# minorF#m
We’ll dress for heavy weather,
E MajorE
Whatever’s on the road ahead,
E7E7
We’re in this now together.

B minorBm
We thought we’d make a run for it,
F# minorF#m
Not knowing where we’re headed,
E MajorE
We packed the car with both our bags,
E7E7
And filled her up unleaded.


Chorus:
     D MajorD   F# minorF#m
Just one lifetime,
         E MajorE           E7E7
And there’s only one, yes there’s only one.
     D MajorD   F# minorF#m
Just one life to live,
          E MajorE
Assuming that we’ll make it,
            E7E7
We’ve no choice but to take it.


Verse 4:
B minorBm
Come Meck wi Teck a page out a di book of life,
F# minorF#m
Lego negativity and do what’s right,
E MajorE
Wi no longer need fi a fuss or fight,
E7E7
Unite the world an show dem di right.
B minorBm
Dis generation a set a new trend,
F# minorF#m
Replace di word enemy wid friend,
E MajorE
Leaders a di world these rules can’t bend,
E7E7
dis a di message wi send to dem.

B minorBm
The time had come, a reckoning,
F# minorF#m
We all knew it was coming,
E MajorE
We headed North on empty roads,
E7E7
The engine gently humming.

B minorBm
The Walrus smoked a cigarette,
F# minorF#m
He claimed it was his last,
E MajorE
No signs of life, no gas, no food,
E7E7
In all the empty towns we passed.

B minorBm
All we have is me and you,
F# minorF#m
It has to be enough,
E MajorE
I’ve got your back and you’ve got mine,
E7E7
If the going it gets rough.

Chorus:
     D MajorD   F# minorF#m
Just one lifetime,
         E MajorE           E7E7
And there’s only one, yes there’s only one.
     D MajorD   F# minorF#m
Just one life to live,
          E MajorE
Assuming that we’ll make it,
            E7E7
We’ve no choice but to take it.

B minorBm
The time has come, the Walrus said,
F# minorF#m
To talk of many things,
E MajorE
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax,
E7E7
Of cabbages and kings.

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