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CAPO 3
[Intro]
C F x 8
[Verse]
 CSunday morningF, all dreCssed for churchF  
 CTook my buddy, rode a shortcutF  
 CShowed up all covered in dirFt
 CDaddy took one lookF  
C?Bout to blow his topF  
CBut grandma saidF, ?CIt?ll come out in the wash.F?
CGotta get a little life Fon ya!
CAin?t always pretty,F  
CGonna get a little diFrty
CGotta get a little liFfe on ya!
COn ya! FOCn ya!F  
                      C        F   C   Fx4   
Gotta get a little life on ya!
CAbout five years laterF  
CI can?t remember her naFme
CI never saw it cominFg
CBut man, I remember my fFirst heartbreak
CGrandma smilinFg
CWith that bit of a wrinkled fFace
CSaid, ?You ain?t seen Fnothing yet,
CThat girl was just a Ftaste?
CGotta get a little life Fon ya!
CAin?t always pretty,F  
CGonna get a little diFrty
CGotta get a little liFfe on ya!
COn ya! FOCn ya!F  
                      C        F   C   Fx4   
Gotta get a little life on ya!
Yeah
CGirl, do you rFemember?
CWhen we first mFet
CLife hadn?t had a cFhance
Cto throw all it had at us Fyet
CAnd that was ten years Flater
CAnd you can do the Fmath
CBut it all adds up to Feverything
CThat grandma Fsaid way back
CGotta get a little Flife on ya!
BbGotta get a little lFife on ya!
BbGotta go a little furtheFr
BbGotta live a little lonFger
BbIt gets a little sweeFter
FWhen you get a little on ya!
CGotta get a little life Fon ya!
CAin?t always pretty,F  
CGonna get a little diFrty
CGotta get a little life on Fya!
COn yaF! COn yaF!
COn ya!F  
      C    F(x3)
Yeah, yeah
CGotta get a little life Fon ya!
CLittle life Fon ya, CyeahF  
CYou got to Flive a little
CBreathe Fharder
CLove sFtronger, CyeahF  
C F Repeat until end. 
You got to live harder
Love stronger, yeah

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Life On Ya

by Danny Gokey

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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CAPO 3

[Intro]

C F x 8

[Verse]

C F C F

Sunday morning, all dressed for church

C F

Took my buddy, rode a shortcut

C F

Showed up all covered in dirt

C F

Daddy took one look

C F

?Bout to blow his top

C F C F

But grandma said, ?It?ll come out in the wash.?

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F

Ain?t always pretty,

C F

Gonna get a little dirty

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F C F

On ya! On ya!

C F C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F

About five years later

C F

I can?t remember her name

C F

I never saw it coming

C F

But man, I remember my first heartbreak

C F

Grandma smiling

C F

With that bit of a wrinkled face

C F

Said, ?You ain?t seen nothing yet,

C F

That girl was just a taste?

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F

Ain?t always pretty,

C F

Gonna get a little dirty

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F C F

On ya! On ya!

C F C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

Yeah

C F

Girl, do you remember?

C F

When we first met

C F

Life hadn?t had a chance

C F

to throw all it had at us yet

C F

And that was ten years later

C F

And you can do the math

C F

But it all adds up to everything

C F

That grandma said way back

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

Bb F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

Bb F

Gotta go a little further

Bb F

Gotta live a little longer

Bb F

It gets a little sweeter

When you get a little on ya!

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F

Ain?t always pretty,

C F

Gonna get a little dirty

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F C F

On ya! On ya!

C F

On ya!

C F

(x3)

Yeah, yeah

C F

Gotta get a little life on ya!

C F C F

Little life on ya, yeah

C F

You got to live a little

C F

Breathe harder

C F C F

Love stronger, yeah

C F Repeat until end.

You got to live harder

Love stronger, yeah

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