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To Live A Life

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Capo on 6th fret
[Riff in intro and between verses]
e|C-----------------------|Em-------------------------|F-------------------------|C-------------G-------------|
B|-----------1-----------|-----------0-----------1-|-----------1-----------1-|-----------0------------3-|
G|-------0---------------|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0------|
D|-----2---2-------0-----|-----2---2-------2---2---|-----3---3-------3---3---|-----2---2-------0---0----|
A|-3-----------3-------0-|-2-----------2-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------3------------|
[Intro]
C Em F C G
[Verse 1]
I Cwrote you a letter to make Emmyself feel better
To redFeem some part of me I Cthought I had Glost
And we Cwere a lost cause long beEmfore we fell apart
'Cause honey, FI was too eager and Cyou were too Gsmart
Yet I Clook for you in these Emempty rooms
You're a Fphone call away, I'm Con the interGstate
And I been Cdrinking cheap wine Emjust to pass the time
I'm Ffalling behind and it Cdoesn't Gmatter
Who you Care    Emto FmeGee
 C   Em   F   C   Gx2
[Verse 2]
I'm Cjust like my mother, we Emboth love to run
Chase impFossible things or unrCeachable Gdreams
Lie awCake in the night thinking Emthis can't be right
But there Fis no other way Cto live a Glife alConeEm  
I'm alFonGe now
 C   Em   F   C   Gx2
[Verse 3]
Then Csuddenly we Emwake from this Fdream that we have CmadGe
It Chits you all at Emonce and then it Fslowly CfadGes
I'm Cracing into Emnothing now, it Fall falls aGway
I Cknow it now for Emmy own sake that FI cannot CstaGy
 C   Em   F   C   Gx4  C  

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To Live A Life

by First Aid Kit

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 6 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo on 6th fret

[Riff in intro and between verses]

C Em F C G

e|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

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

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

D|-----2---2-------0-----|-----2---2-------2---2---|-----3---3-------3---3---|-----2---2-------0---0----|

A|-3-----------3-------0-|-2-----------2-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3------------------------|

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

[Intro]

C Em F C G

[Verse 1]

C Em

I wrote you a letter to make myself feel better

F C G

To redeem some part of me I thought I had lost

C Em

And we were a lost cause long before we fell apart

F C G

'Cause honey, I was too eager and you were too smart

C Em

Yet I look for you in these empty rooms

F C G

You're a phone call away, I'm on the interstate

C Em

And I been drinking cheap wine just to pass the time

F C G

I'm falling behind and it doesn't matter

C Em F G

Who you are to meee

C Em F C G

[Verse 2]

C Em

I'm just like my mother, we both love to run

F C G

Chase impossible things or unreachable dreams

C Em

Lie awake in the night thinking this can't be right

F C G C Em

But there is no other way to live a life alone

F G

I'm alone now

C Em F C G

[Verse 3]

C Em F C G

Then suddenly we wake from this dream that we have made

C Em F C G

It hits you all at once and then it slowly fades

C Em F G

I'm racing into nothing now, it all falls away

C Em F C G

I know it now for my own sake that I cannot stay

C Em F C G C

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