Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: A augmentedA
Difficulty: Novice
Verse Chorus
---------- ----------
A augmentedA x0222x 
D5D5 xx023x
D5D5 xx023x 
B5B5 x244xx
E MajorE 0221xx E MajorE 0221xx
A augmentedA x0222x
Intro:
e|----------------------|-----10---------------|--12-12---10----------|-----10---------------|
BB|--14-14---12---10-10--|-/12------14---12-12--|--14-14---12---10-10--|-/12------14---12-12--|
G+G|--14-14---13---11-11--|----------14---13-13--|---------------11-11--|----------14---13-13--|
D MajorD|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| x2
A augmentedA|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
/ = slide-up
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Verse 1:
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Baby, I know pain is as natural as the rain
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
I just thought it didn't rain in California
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Baby, I know love isn't what I thought it was
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Cause I've never known a love like this before ya
e|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
G+G|-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Baby, I know dreams tend to crumble at extremes
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
I just thought our dream would last a little bit longer
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
There's a time when every man draws a line down in the sand
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
We're surviving, we're still living all stronger
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Hoo hoo
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Hoo hoo
Chorus 1:
D5D5 B5B5
You've been cheating on cheating on me
E MajorE A augmentedA
I've been cheating on cheating on you
D5D5 B5B5
You've been cheating on me
E MajorE
But I've been cheating through
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
This life, and all its suffering
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Oh Christ, am I good for nothing?
Verse 2:
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Baby I know hate is always waiting at the gate
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
I just thought we locked the gate when we left in the morning
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
And I was told that war is how we landed on these shores
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
I just thought the drums would all be loud warnings
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Hoo hoo
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Hoo hoo
Chorus 2:
D5D5 B5B5
You've been cheating on cheating on me
E MajorE A augmentedA
I've been cheating on cheating on you
D5D5 B5B5
You've been cheating on me
E MajorE
But I've been cheating through
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
This life
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
And all its suffering
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Oh Christ
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I've been cheating on, cheating on you)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
A minorAm I good for nothing?
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
Verse 3:
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Baby I know death probably hasn't happened yet
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Cause I don't remember livin' life before this
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
And darling, our disease is the same one as the trees
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Unaware that they've been livin' in a forest
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Hoo hoo
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Hoo hoo
Chorus 3:
D5D5 B5B5
You've been cheating on cheating on me
E MajorE A augmentedA
I've been cheating on cheating on you
D5D5 B5B5
You've been cheating on me
E MajorE
But I've been cheating through
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
This life
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
And all its suffering
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Oh Christ
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I've been cheating on, cheating on you)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
A minorAm I good for nothing?
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
This life
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
And all its suffering
(You've been cheating on me, I've been cheating through)
A augmentedA D5D5 E MajorE
Oh Christ
(You've been cheating on, cheating on me, I've been cheating on, cheating on you)
(fade out)
Other versions of This Life
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for This Life by Vampire Weekend
