{"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":829016,"song":"I Came Here To Live","artist":"Trace Adkins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11598043-i-came-here-to-live-chords-by-trace-adkins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/829016?type=chord","rating":4.54668,"votes":6,"content":"TRACE ADKINS I Came Here to Live\r\nI know Trace sometimes performs this song a step lower (G,C,G,D) at live\r\nconcerts but this is done in the recorded key as on the album American Man Geatest Hits \r\n2,\r\nso if it doest sound right to you, you're probably thinking about the other version he does.\r\nIf thats the one you like, just drop down a whole step (G,C,G,D instead of A,D,A,E)and \r\nshould be right.\r\nAs for the recorded version this hits it right on.\r\n\r\n\r\nintro:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nE------------------------------------|\r\nB--------2-3---3-2---0---------------|\r\nG------2-----------2------REPEAT x2--|\r\nD----2-------------------------------|\r\nA--0---------------------------------|\r\nE------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette[/tab]\r\nAnd a souped up car on a county road\r\nNothin' much to do back then\r\nSo we'd make bets\r\nOn how much drink a guy could hold\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I held my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLearn to hold my own  (play intro 1 time)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nDaddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant[/tab]\r\nMama taught the Sunday bible class\r\nFor eighteen years I remember thinkin'\r\nThere was more to life than that\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I ran the streets to beat the Devil[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGoin' just as fast as I could fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I came here to live[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  N.[ch]C[/ch].   N.[ch]C[/ch].     N.[ch]C[/ch].   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI didn't come here to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMama used to wait for me with the porch light on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWorried about her little boy 'til I got home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDaddy he'd say listen son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut back then there wasn't much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I didn't already know[/tab]\r\n\r\n(same chords from here on out)\r\n\r\nI reckon I was doing close to 80\r\nWhen I felt the tire slip out from under me\r\nAnd I never set out lookin' for Jesus\r\nSo I guess Jesus come lookin' for me\r\nAnd He found me upside down in a ditch\r\nSmokin' gas in my eyes\r\nAnd He said son you came here to live\r\nYou didn't come here to die\r\n\r\nSunday morning I got up and I went to church\r\nThat summer I got a job and I went to work\r\nMet a girl in town put some money down\r\nOn a little house with a yard\r\n\r\nOur little boy was due in September\r\nBut he came early in July\r\nFor eighteen days all I remember\r\nWas settin' there at his side\r\nSayin' son open up your eyes\r\nJust open up your eyes\r\n'Cause you came here to live\r\nYou didn't come here to die\r\nSon you came here to live\r\n\r\nplease leave any comments or questions","plain_text":"TRACE ADKINS I Came Here to Live\nI know Trace sometimes performs this song a step lower (G,C,G,D) at live\nconcerts but this is done in the recorded key as on the album American Man Geatest Hits \n2,\nso if it doest sound right to you, you're probably thinking about the other version he does.\nIf thats the one you like, just drop down a whole step (G,C,G,D instead of A,D,A,E)and \nshould be right.\nAs for the recorded version this hits it right on.\n\n\nintro:\n\n\n\n\nAnd a souped up car on a county road\nNothin' much to do back then\nSo we'd make bets\nOn how much drink a guy could hold\n\n\n\n\nMama taught the Sunday bible class\nFor eighteen years I remember thinkin'\nThere was more to life than that\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(same chords from here on out)\n\nI reckon I was doing close to 80\nWhen I felt the tire slip out from under me\nAnd I never set out lookin' for Jesus\nSo I guess Jesus come lookin' for me\nAnd He found me upside down in a ditch\nSmokin' gas in my eyes\nAnd He said son you came here to live\nYou didn't come here to die\n\nSunday morning I got up and I went to church\nThat summer I got a job and I went to work\nMet a girl in town put some money down\nOn a little house with a yard\n\nOur little boy was due in September\nBut he came early in July\nFor eighteen days all I remember\nWas settin' there at his side\nSayin' son open up your eyes\nJust open up your eyes\n'Cause you came here to live\nYou didn't come here to die\nSon you came here to live\n\nplease leave any comments or questions","chords":["G","C","D","A","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}