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Live It Well

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Chords By:  Jeff Martin
Tuning:  Standard CAPO IV (4)
Intro Chords:
|---C0--G0--Dadd4add9/A---0---------Em-0--|--C-0--G-0--D/F#-x---Em-0--|
|---1--3-----3----------0--|---1---3---3----0--|
|---0--0-----0----------0--|---0---0---2----0--|
|-0h2--0-----4----------5--|-0h2---0---0----2--|
|---3--0-----5----------7--|---3---0---0----2--|
|---0--3-----5----------0--|---0---3---2----0--|
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For all the chords, you could add the pinky on high E, 3rd fret like |300033| and |022033|...etc
[Intro] 
C G Dadd4add9/A Em
[Verse 1]
Yeah   C   G(I wanna live it well)D/F#  Em  
Yeah, yeah  C   G(I wanna live it well)    D/F#YEmeah
 CTake Gthe burden from my aD/F#rmsEm  
 CTake Gthe anchors off my lD/F#ungsEm  
 CTake Gme broken    D/F#and make Emme one
 CBreak Gthe silence and make it a D/F#song
[Chorus]
 CLife iGs short; I wanna live it D/F#well, Emone life, one story to tCell
 Life iGs short; I wanna live it wD/F#ell, and you're Emthe one I'm living for
 CAwakeGn all my soul, every bD/F#reath that you take Emis a miracle
 CLife Gis short; I wanna live it D/F#well, Emyeah
[Verse 1]
 I wanna Csing with all Gmy heart a lifelong D/F#song
 Even if Csome notes come Gout right and some come out wD/F#rongEm  
 Cause I Ccan't take none of Gthat through the door
 Yeah, I'm D/F#living for more than Emjust a funeral
 CI wanna Gburn brighter than the D/F#dawn  hey!
[Chorus]
 CLife iGs short; I wanna live it D/F#well, Emone life, one story to tCell
 Life iGs short; I wanna live it wD/F#ell, and you're Emthe one I'm living for
 CAwakeGn all my soul, every bD/F#reath that you take Emis a miracle
 CLife Gis short; I wanna live it D/F#well, Emyeah
[Bridge]
I got Cone Glife and D/F#one lEmove
I got Cone Gvoice, but maybe D/F#that's eEmnough
Cause with Cone Gheartbeat and two D/F#hands to Emgive
I got Cone Gshot and one D/F#life to Emlive
[Solo]
One life to live, CyGeaD/F#hEm  C  G  
And every D/F#breath you take is a miracle
[Chorus]
 CLife Gis short; I wanna live it wD/F#ell, oEmne life, one story to teCll
 Life iGs short; I wanna live it wD/F#ell, and you're Emthe one I'm living for
 CAwakeGn all my soul, every bD/F#reath that you take Emis a miracle
 CLife is Gshort; I wanna live it D/F#well, and you're the Emone I'm living for
[Outro]
(COne Glife) One life, one love, (D/F#one lEmove) one life, one love
(COne Gvoice) One voice, yeah (And D/F#that's eEmnough) And that's enough, oh
(COne Gheartbeat, tD/F#wo hands Emto give)
I got Cone, Gshot and one D/F#life to Emlive, one life to Clive

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Live It Well

by Switchfoot

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dadd4add9/A

D/F#

Chords By: Jeff Martin

Tuning: Standard CAPO IV (4)

Intro Chords:

C G Dadd4add9/A Em C G D/F# Em

|---0--0-----0----------0--|---0---0---x----0--|

|---1--3-----3----------0--|---1---3---3----0--|

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

|-0h2--0-----4----------5--|-0h2---0---0----2--|

|---3--0-----5----------7--|---3---0---0----2--|

|---0--3-----5----------0--|---0---3---2----0--|

For all the chords, you could add the pinky on high E, 3rd fret like |300033| and |022033|...etc

[Intro]

C G Dadd4add9/A Em

[Verse 1]

C G D/F# Em

Yeah (I wanna live it well)

C G D/F# Em

Yeah, yeah (I wanna live it well) Yeah

C G D/F# Em

Take the burden from my arms

C G D/F# Em

Take the anchors off my lungs

C G D/F# Em

Take me broken and make me one

C G D/F#

Break the silence and make it a song

[Chorus]

C G D/F# Em C

Life is short; I wanna live it well, one life, one story to tell

G D/F# Em

Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for

C G D/F# Em

Awaken all my soul, every breath that you take is a miracle

C G D/F# Em

Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah

[Verse 1]

C G D/F#

I wanna sing with all my heart a lifelong song

C G D/F# Em

Even if some notes come out right and some come out wrong

C G

Cause I can't take none of that through the door

D/F# Em

Yeah, I'm living for more than just a funeral

C G D/F#

I wanna burn brighter than the dawn hey!

[Chorus]

C G D/F# Em C

Life is short; I wanna live it well, one life, one story to tell

G D/F# Em

Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for

C G D/F# Em

Awaken all my soul, every breath that you take is a miracle

C G D/F# Em

Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah

[Bridge]

C G D/F# Em

I got one life and one love

C G D/F# Em

I got one voice, but maybe that's enough

C G D/F# Em

Cause with one heartbeat and two hands to give

C G D/F# Em

I got one shot and one life to live

[Solo]

C G D/F# Em C G

One life to live, yeah

D/F#

And every breath you take is a miracle

[Chorus]

C G D/F# Em C

Life is short; I wanna live it well, one life, one story to tell

G D/F# Em

Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for

C G D/F# Em

Awaken all my soul, every breath that you take is a miracle

C G D/F# Em

Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for

[Outro]

C G D/F# Em

(One life) One life, one love, (one love) one life, one love

C G D/F# Em

(One voice) One voice, yeah (And that's enough) And that's enough, oh

C G D/F# Em

(One heartbeat, two hands to give)

C G D/F# Em C

I got one, shot and one life to live, one life to live

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