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Life Is Wonderful

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...There are other tabs out there that are on key and use bar chords. But if you're
a different key, and is comprised almost completely of open chords (opposed to bar
chords) so it sounds much, much nicer. I wanted to provide an open-chord version -
The chords are described first, and the song is laid out with the lyrics below. Enjoy!
Chords
e-------Em--------Am-------C-------G--3----B7---2---D----2----------|
b---------------1-------1-------3---------------3----------|
g---------------2-----------------------2-------2----------|
d-------2-------2-------2---------------1------------------|
a-------2---------------3-------2-------2------------------|
e-------------------------------3--------------------------|
Optional variations/additions to those chords:
e-------Em3------(Am3)-----C(3)----Bm--7----Bm-------F#-------F#-------F#--------------|
b-------3-------1(3)----1-------7-------4-----------------------3-------|
g---------------2---------------8-------4-----------------------2-------|
d-------2-------2-------2-------9-------4---------------4---------------|
a-------2---------------3-------9-------2---------------4---------------|
e-------------------------------7---------------2-------2-------2-------|
Chords for the 2nd and 3rd Verses!
*** Note the hammer-ons... He does repeatedly for the Em and Am chords in both the
verse and chorus (mostly in the verse). You can figure out the strumming on your own
Em   Amor Amor Am  
e------------------------------------------|
b---------------0h1-----1-------0h1--------|
g---------------2-------0h2-----0h2--------|
d-------0h2-----2-------0h2-----0h2--------|
a-------0h2--------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------|
[VERSE 1] (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)
It takes a crane to build a Emcrane
It takes two floors to make a Amstory
It takes an egg to make a Chen
It takes a hen to make an Cegg
There is no end to what I'm GsayingBm  
It takes a thought to make a Emword
And it takes some word to make an Amaction
And It takes some work to make it Cwork
It takes some good to make it Churt
It takes some bad for GsatisfactionBm  
[CHORUS] (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)
EmLa la la la la la la Amlife is wonderful
D   G( F#- optional transition into the Emchord)
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
EmAh la la la la la la Amlife is wonderful
DAl la la la la
[VERSE 2] (Strumming)
It takes a night to make it Emdawn
And it takes a day to make you Amyawn brother
It takes some old to make you Cyoung
It takes some cold to know the Csun
It takes the one to have the GotherB  
(-----This is where the drums would come in------)
And It takes no time to fall in Emlove
But it takes you years to know what Amlove is
And It takes some fears to make you Ctrust
It takes those tears to make it Crust
It takes the dust to have it GpolishedB  
[CHORUS 2]
EmHa la la la la la la Amlife is wonderful
D   G( F#- optional)
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
EmAh la la la la la la Amlife is wonderful
D Em (keep playing this chord until next verse)
[BRIDGE]
Just keep playing variations of that Emchord (that you just ended on - from Chorus 2)
[VERSE 3]
It takes some silence to make Emsound
And It takes a loss before you Amfound it
And It takes a road to go Cnowhere
It takes a toll to make you Ccare
It takes a hole to make a GmountainB  
[CHORUS 3]
EmAh la la la la la la Amlife is wonderful
D   G( F#- optional)
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
EmAh la la la la la la Amlife is wonderful
D   G( F#- optional)
Ah la la la la la la love is meaningful
EmAh la la la la la la Amlife is wonderful
DAh la la la la la Dla...
It is Emso wonderful
Em (like the Bridge - just keep playing this chord until the end)
EmIt is so wonderful
EmIt is meaningful
EmIt is wonderful
EmAnd meaningful
EmIt goes full circle
EmWonderful
EmMeaningful
EmFull Circle
EmWonderful
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