Livin For The Night chords by George Strait

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Flyinglibra51
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Livin` For The Night
George Strait
Capo 1st

Intro C majorC E minor 7Em7 C majorC FF DmDm  C majorC E minor 7Em7 C majorC FF DmDm

C majorC            E minor 7Em7
Everydays a lifetime without you
    FF
Hard to get through

Since you`ve gone
   C majorC            E minor 7Em7
So I do the only thing I know how to
    Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
To get by
      FF    C majorC   E minor 7Em7 C majorC FF
I`m livin` for the night

C majorC                  E minor 7Em7
I`ve drawn all the curtains in this old house
      DmDm
To keep the sun out
      FF   G+G
And off my face
C majorC                    E minor 7Em7
Friends stop by to check in `cause I`ve checked out
C majorC       FF   G+G
I tell `em I`m fine
     E minorEm       C majorC   G+G C majorC
I`m just livin` for the night.....

  FF
Daylight can`t hide the tears I cry
                 G7G7
The pain that came with your goodbye
  A minorAm      Am7Am7      G6G6
The memories that keep me out of sight
FF
Every night I venture out
                G+G    C majorC G6G6
Into those neon arms that hold me tight........
          FF
I`m livin` for the night

 FF  A minorAm Am7Am7 G6G6 FF G+G G7G7 (OR)

E--6-9-11-9-8-6---------|
B-----------------------|
G-----------------------|
D-----------------------|
A-----------------------|
E-----------------------|

E-6-8-9-11-9-8-6---6-----------------------|
B----------------9---9-6-9-6---6------4----|
G----------------------------8---8--6---3--|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

(this is a mandolin part but this is close for guitar)
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--11-13-14-13-11-11---------------------11-13-14-13-11-11--13-14--|
G---------------------10-11-13-11-10-10----------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|

   C majorC          E minor 7Em7
I`m a whole lot easier to talk to
     FF     Fmaj7Fmaj7
When I`ve had a few
        G+G
I settle down
C majorC                   E minor 7Em7
Whiskey kills the man you`ve turned me into
  C majorC   FF    G6G6
And I come alive
          C majorC   G+G C majorC
I`m livin` for the night

  FF
Daylight can`t hide the tears I cried

The pain that came with your goodbye
  A minorAm      Am7Am7      E minorEm  C majorC
The memories that keep me out of sight
FF
Every night I venture out
                G7G7    G+G
Into those neon arms that hold me tight
G7G7 C majorC   FF    C majorC   G7G7
I`m livin` for the night
          C majorC   G+G
I`m livin` for the night
C majorC            E minorEm   E minor 7Em7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
Everydays a lifetime without you

Livin For The Night chords

Living for the Night is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. Written by Strait with his son, Bubba, and Dean Dillon, it is the 88th single release of his career, and the first single that Strait has co-written. It was released in May 2009 as the first single from his album Twang. The song was released to radio on May 28, 2009, one day after CBS aired a George Strait tribute show in which other musical artists performed covers of his songs.