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Live It Up

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1/11

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 11Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

This is my first time making tabs for you guys. Up you enjoy it cause I look for a long 
time to finaly find out something that sound pretty good. I look a video of Lee and he 
seems to do this chord. All along it's the same patern.
G, Dsus4, Em7, Cadd2  
Capo 1
e|--G3--| |Dsus4--3--| |-Em7-3--| |Cadd2--3--|
B|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
G|--0--| |--2--| |--0--| |--0--|
D|--0--| |--0--| |--2--| |--2--|
A|--2--| |-----| |--2--| |--3--|
E|--3--| |-----| |--0--| |--0--|
Intro:
e|---0---3-----5----7-----5----3------10------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
GYou walk on by, Dsus4don't blink an eye.
Em7It's kind of funny, Cadd2got me wondering why.
GMaybe I'm just Dsus4not your type.
Em7Or maybe I'm your Cadd2Mr Right
GI could your Romeo, Dsus4you'll be my Juliet.
Em7Maybe I'm the one that Cadd2you'll never forget
GI know that I'm just Dsus4passing through
Em7But I might stay for Cadd2you
Chorus:
You've only got Gone life
Dsus4One life to live
Em7I wanna give it Cadd2everything I've got
GWho knows? Dsus4This might be Em7it for us
Cadd2So why don't we Glive it up?
DsusLive it up darling
Em7Give it up, my Cadd2heart is starving
GLive it up
Dsus4Give it up
Verse:
Excuse me miss, I don't mean to stare
You got me hypnotized with your long brown hair and your
Hazel eyes and your don't care smile
Would it be rude to ask if I could stay awhile?
I don't mean to intrude, I had to say hello.
Because if I never did it then I would never know.
I might just be passing through
But I might stay for you
Chorus:
You've only got one life
One life to live
I wanna give it everything I've got
Who knows? This might be it for us
So why don't we live it up?
Live it up darling
Give it up, my heart is starving
Live it up
Give it up
Verse:
In every second that passes me by
Oh we're wasting precious time
So let's find out what lies between
You and me and the more we say
Hello
Let's get this right
Chorus:
So why don't we live it up
Live it up darling
Give it up my heart is starving
Live it up
Give it up
You've only got one life
One life to live
I wanna give it everything I've got
Who knows? This might be it for us
You only got one life
One life to live
I'm gonna give it everything I've got
Who knows? This might be it for us
So you go to live it up
Oh live it up darling
Give it up now, my heart is starving
Live it up
Give it up
Live it up
Live it up darling
Give it up my heart is starving
Live it up
Give it up

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Live It Up

by Lee DeWyze

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

Em7

Cadd2

Dsus

This is my first time making tabs for you guys. Up you enjoy it cause I look for a long

time to finaly find out something that sound pretty good. I look a video of Lee and he

seems to do this chord. All along it's the same patern.

G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd2

, , ,

Capo 1

G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd2

e|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

B|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|

G|--0--| |--2--| |--0--| |--0--|

D|--0--| |--0--| |--2--| |--2--|

A|--2--| |-----| |--2--| |--3--|

E|--3--| |-----| |--0--| |--0--|

Intro:

e|---0---3-----5----7-----5----3------10------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

G Dsus4

You walk on by, don't blink an eye.

Em7 Cadd2

It's kind of funny, got me wondering why.

G Dsus4

Maybe I'm just not your type.

Em7 Cadd2

Or maybe I'm your Mr Right

G Dsus4

I could your Romeo, you'll be my Juliet.

Em7 Cadd2

Maybe I'm the one that you'll never forget

G Dsus4

I know that I'm just passing through

Em7 Cadd2

But I might stay for you

Chorus:

You've only got one life

Dsus4

One life to live

Em7 Cadd2

I wanna give it everything I've got

G Dsus4 Em7

Who knows? This might be it for us

Cadd2 G

So why don't we live it up?

Dsus

Live it up darling

Em7 Cadd2

Give it up, my heart is starving

Live it up

Dsus4

Give it up

Verse:

Excuse me miss, I don't mean to stare

You got me hypnotized with your long brown hair and your

Hazel eyes and your don't care smile

Would it be rude to ask if I could stay awhile?

I don't mean to intrude, I had to say hello.

Because if I never did it then I would never know.

I might just be passing through

But I might stay for you

Chorus:

You've only got one life

One life to live

I wanna give it everything I've got

Who knows? This might be it for us

So why don't we live it up?

Live it up darling

Give it up, my heart is starving

Live it up

Give it up

Verse:

In every second that passes me by

Oh we're wasting precious time

So let's find out what lies between

You and me and the more we say

Hello

Let's get this right

Chorus:

So why don't we live it up

Live it up darling

Give it up my heart is starving

Live it up

Give it up

You've only got one life

One life to live

I wanna give it everything I've got

Who knows? This might be it for us

You only got one life

One life to live

I'm gonna give it everything I've got

Who knows? This might be it for us

So you go to live it up

Oh live it up darling

Give it up now, my heart is starving

Live it up

Give it up

Live it up

Live it up darling

Give it up my heart is starving

Live it up

Give it up

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