{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":207945,"song":"Life Is Wonderful","artist":"Jason Mraz","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11219334-life-is-wonderful-chords-by-jason-mraz/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/207945?type=chord","rating":4.62706,"votes":54,"content":"...There are other tabs out there that are on key and use bar chords. But if you're\r\na different key, and is comprised almost completely of open chords (opposed to bar\r\nchords) so it sounds much, much nicer. I wanted to provide an open-chord version -\r\nThe chords are described first, and the song is laid out with the lyrics below. Enjoy!\r\nChords\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne-------------------------------3-------2-------2----------|\r\nb---------------1-------1-------3---------------3----------|\r\ng---------------2-----------------------2-------2----------|\r\nd-------2-------2-------2---------------1------------------|\r\na-------2---------------3-------2-------2------------------|\r\ne-------------------------------3--------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nOptional variations/additions to those chords:\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\ne-------3------(3)-----(3)------7---------------------------------------|\r\nb-------3-------1(3)----1-------7-------4-----------------------3-------|\r\ng---------------2---------------8-------4-----------------------2-------|\r\nd-------2-------2-------2-------9-------4---------------4---------------|\r\na-------2---------------3-------9-------2---------------4---------------|\r\ne-------------------------------7---------------2-------2-------2-------|[/tab]\r\nChords for the 2nd and 3rd Verses!\r\n*** Note the hammer-ons... He does repeatedly for the Em and Am chords in both the\r\nverse and chorus (mostly in the verse). You can figure out the strumming on your own\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  or  [ch]Am[/ch]  or  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne------------------------------------------|\r\nb---------------0h1-----1-------0h1--------|\r\ng---------------2-------0h2-----0h2--------|\r\nd-------0h2-----2-------0h2-----0h2--------|\r\na-------0h2--------------------------------|\r\ne------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n[VERSE 1] (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt takes a crane to build a crane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt takes two floors to make a story[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes an egg to make a hen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes a hen to make an egg[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThere is no end to what I'm saying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt takes a thought to make a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it takes some word to make an action[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd It takes some work to make it work[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes some good to make it hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt takes some bad for satisfaction[/tab]\r\n[CHORUS] (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]             \r\nLa la la la la la la life is wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                     ([ch]F#[/ch] - optional transition into the [ch]Em[/ch] chord)\r\nAh la la la la la la life goes full circle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh la la la la la la life is wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAl la la la la[/tab]\r\n[VERSE 2] (Strumming)\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt takes a night to make it dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it takes a day to make you yawn brother[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes some old to make you young[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes some cold to know the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt takes the one to have the other[/tab]\r\n(-----This is where the drums would come in------)\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd It takes no time to fall in love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut it takes you years to know what love is[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd It takes some fears to make you trust[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes those tears to make it rust[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt takes the dust to have it polished[/tab]\r\n[CHORUS 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHa la la la la la la life is wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                     ([ch]F#[/ch] - optional)\r\nAh la la la la la la life goes full circle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh la la la la la la life is wonderful[/tab]\r\nD                                Em (keep playing this chord until next verse)\r\n[BRIDGE]\r\nJust keep playing variations of that [ch]Em[/ch] chord (that you just ended on - from Chorus 2)\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt takes some silence to make sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd It takes a loss before you found it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd It takes a road to go nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt takes a toll to make you care[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt takes a hole to make a mountain[/tab]\r\n[CHORUS 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh la la la la la la life is wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                     ([ch]F#[/ch] - optional)\r\nAh la la la la la la life goes full circle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh la la la la la la life is wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                     ([ch]F#[/ch] - optional)\r\nAh la la la la la la love is meaningful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh la la la la la la life is wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh la la la la la la...[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                        \r\nIt is so wonderful[/tab]\r\nEm (like the Bridge - just keep playing this chord until the end)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is so wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is meaningful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd meaningful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt goes full circle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMeaningful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFull Circle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWonderful[/tab]","plain_text":"...There are other tabs out there that are on key and use bar chords. But if you're\na different key, and is comprised almost completely of open chords (opposed to bar\nchords) so it sounds much, much nicer. I wanted to provide an open-chord version -\nThe chords are described first, and the song is laid out with the lyrics below. Enjoy!\nChords\n\n\nOptional variations/additions to those chords:\n\nChords for the 2nd and 3rd Verses!\n*** Note the hammer-ons... He does repeatedly for the Em and Am chords in both the\nverse and chorus (mostly in the verse). You can figure out the strumming on your own\n\n[VERSE 1] (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS] (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2] (Strumming)\n\n\n\n\n\n(-----This is where the drums would come in------)\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 2]\n\n\n\nD                                Em (keep playing this chord until next verse)\n[BRIDGE]\nJust keep playing variations of that Em chord (that you just ended on - from Chorus 2)\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm (like the Bridge - just keep playing this chord until the end)","chords":["Em","Am","C","G","B7","D","Bm","F#","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}