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TO LAST A LIFETIME	-	Del Amitri
Capo on 4th
Intro:
 C-  G-  F/
 C-  G-      F4x 
      Cmaj7Roll down the     Fwindow
      Clet me hear the     Frain 
      Cmaj7Let me hear her     Fwhispering, honey 
      Cevery -    Gthing is o -        Fmaj7kay F  
Chorus:
             CGi                                           F  
Cos     I've      had e -     nough bad news 
           Am          GFi                                     
    To la -     st a      lifetime 
             CGi                                           F  
Cos     I've      had e -     nough bad news 
          Am           GFi                                     
    To la -     st a      lifetime 
Well I     Cdrove all        Cmaj7night under a     Fseasick sky 
And I     Cmade it by mid-after -     Fnoon 
And I    Chope she's home so she can    Fhold me tight and tell me 
    CEverything is al -    Fright 
Chorus:
             CGi                                           F  
Cos     I've      had e -     nough bad news 
          Am           GFi                                     
    To la -     st a      lifetime 
             CGi                                           F  
Cos     I've      had e -     nough bad news 
           Am          GFi                                     
    To la -     st a      lifetime 
Break:
 C-  G-      F4x 
And I was     Cstruck by how much I re -     Fmembered 
And how     Ceverything still looked the       Fmaj7same 
When a     Cneighbour I met in her     Fhallway said 
Looks     Clike loverboy's too late a -         Fmaj7gain 
So      Amtake your troublesome       Dm7baggage 
And     Fput it on the last train      Amhome 
Cos you can     Cguess somewhere else in the      Dmworld right now 
                                   FGadd4                    G  
Someone     else feels just as a -         lone 
 C-  G-      F4x 
Chorus:
              CGi                                           F  
Cos     I've      had e -     nough bad news 
         CGi                                               F  
   I've      had e -     nough bad news 
         CGi                                               F  
   I've      had e -     nough bad news 
          Am          GFi                                      
   To la -     st a     lifetime 
          Am          GFi                                      
   To la -     st a     lifetime 
           C          GFi                                     
   To la -     st a     lifetime 
           C          GFi                                     
   To la -     st a     lifetime 
Outro:
 C-  G-  F  
 C-  G-                                                    F  
            Ooo ooo
             C   G-                                          F  
    Ooo oooh         Mmmmm yeah huu
          C   G-                                              F  
    huuh         to last a 
             C   G-                                          F  
    lifetime 
             C   G-                                          F  
    lifetime 
             C   G-                                          F  
    lifetime 
             C   G-                                          F  
    lifetime         ///
      Cx32010
      G320003
      F133211
  Cmaj7x32000
  Fmaj7133210
Gi     32003x
     Amx02210
Fi     13321x
    Dm7xx0211
     Dmxx0231
Gadd4  320013

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To Last A Lifetime

by Del Amitri

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

Dm7

TO LAST A LIFETIME - Del Amitri

Capo on 4th

Intro:

C G F

- - /

C G F

- - 4x

Cmaj7 F

Roll down the window

C F

let me hear the rain

Cmaj7 F

Let me hear her whispering, honey

C G Fmaj7 F

every - thing is o - kay

Chorus:

C F

Cos I've had e - nough bad news

Am G

To la - st a lifetime

C F

Cos I've had e - nough bad news

Am G

To la - st a lifetime

C Cmaj7 F

Well I drove all night under a seasick sky

C F

And I made it by mid-after - noon

C F

And I hope she's home so she can hold me tight and tell me

C F

Everything is al - right

Chorus:

C F

Cos I've had e - nough bad news

Am G

To la - st a lifetime

C F

Cos I've had e - nough bad news

Am G

To la - st a lifetime

Break:

C G F

- - 4x

C F

And I was struck by how much I re - membered

C Fmaj7

And how everything still looked the same

C F

When a neighbour I met in her hallway said

C Fmaj7

Looks like loverboy's too late a - gain

Am Dm7

So take your troublesome baggage

F Am

And put it on the last train home

C Dm

Cos you can guess somewhere else in the world right now

F G

Gadd4

Someone else feels just as a - lone

C G F

- - 4x

Chorus:

C F

Cos I've had e - nough bad news

C F

I've had e - nough bad news

C F

I've had e - nough bad news

Am G

To la - st a lifetime

Am G

To la - st a lifetime

C G

To la - st a lifetime

C G

To la - st a lifetime

Outro:

C G F

- -

C G F

- -

Ooo ooo

C G F

Ooo oooh Mmmmm yeah huu

C G F

huuh to last a

C G F

lifetime

C G F

lifetime

C G F

lifetime

C G F

lifetime ///

x32010

320003

133211

Cmaj7

x32000

Fmaj7

133210

Gi 32003x

x02210

Fi 13321x

Dm7

xx0211

xx0231

Gadd4 320013

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