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Hello all! Here's my own transcription of Violeta Parra's wonderful "Gracias a la Vida".
This is a truly beautiful song: it's hard to pick between the lyrics and the harmony.
Playing the song is really easy once you have memorized the chord sequence, which is repeated
throughout the song. I recommend you practice the first 5 verses until you are comfortable
enough with the chord changes and then you won't even need to read the chords to play the whole song.
This is why I only wrote the chords for the first 10 verses. Have fun and post any correction
suggestion in the comments :)
Here are the chords I used:
      Cm7b5x3434x
    Amaj7/F1xx224
       Bbm77x777x
       Bbm67x677x
       Ebm7x7978x
       Ab134x456x
    Ab13/Gb2x456x
     Dbmaj7x4656x
  Dbmaj7/Ab4x656x
       Abm74x444x
        Db9x4344x
     Gbmaj72x332x
        Gb62x132x
    F(b9)/A5x456x
         F71x121x
        Ab74x454x
        Gb72x232x
Gracias a la Cm7b5Vida       Amaj7/Fque me ha dado Bbm7tantoBbm6  
Me dio dos lEbm7uceros      Ab13que Ab13/Gbcuando los Dbmaj7abroDbmaj7/Ab  
Perfecto distAbm7ingo       Db9lo negro del blGbmaj7ancoGb6  
Y en el alto Cm7b5cielo su foF(b9)/Ando estrellBbm7adoBbm6  
Y en las multCm7b5itudes el homF7bre que yo Bbm7amoAb7  Gb7  F7  Bbm7  
Gracias a la Cm7b5vida,     Amaj7/Fque me ha dado tBbm7antoBbm6  
Me ha dado eEbm7l oido     Ab13que eAb13/Gbn todo su aDbmaj7nchoDbmaj7/Ab  
Graba noche y Abm7dia gDb9rillos y caGbmaj7nariosGb6  
Martillos, tuCm7b5rbinas,   lF(b9)/Aadridos,    Bbm7chubaBbm6scos
Y la voz tan Cm7b5tierna de mi F7bien aBbm7madoAb7  Gb7  F7  Bbm7  
Gracias a la Cm7b5Vida que mAmaj7/Fe ha dado tantoBbm7  Bbm6  
Me ha dado eEbm7l sonido Ab13y el abAb13/GbedecedarioDbmaj7  Dbmaj7/Ab  
Con él las paAbm7labras qDb9ue pienso y declarGbmaj7oGb6  
Madre amigo hCm7b5ermano y luF(b9)/Az alumbrandBbm7oBbm6  
La ruta del aCm7b5lma del que eF7stoy amandoBbm7  Ab7  Gb7  F7  Bbm7  
Gracias a la Cm7b5Vida que mAmaj7/Fe ha dado tantoBbm7  Bbm6  
Me ha dado lEbm7a marcha Ab13de mis Ab13/Gbpies cansadDbmaj7osDbmaj7/Ab  
Con ellos andAbm7uve ciudDb9ades y charcosGbmaj7  Gb6  
Playas y desiCm7b5ertos montaF(b9)/Añas y llanoBbm7sBbm6  
Y la casa Cm7b5tuya, tu cF7alle y tu pBbm7atioAb7  Gb7  F7  Bbm7  
Gracias a la Cm7b5Vida que mAmaj7/Fe ha dado tantoBbm7  Bbm6  
Me dio el coEbm7razón que Ab13agita Ab13/Gbsu marcoDbmaj7  Dbmaj7/Ab  
Cuando miro eAbm7l fruto Db9del cerebro humanoGbmaj7  Gb6  
Cuando miro eCm7b5l bueno tan F(b9)/Alejos del Bbm7maloBbm6  
Cuando miro eCm7b5l fondo de tus F7ojos cBbm7larosAb7  Gb7  F7  Bbm7  
Gracias a la Cm7b5Vida que mAmaj7/Fe ha dado tantoBbm7  Bbm6  
Me ha dado lEbm7a risa y Ab13me ha dAb13/Gbado el llanDbmaj7toDbmaj7/Ab  
Así yo distinAbm7go dicha Db9de quebrantoGbmaj7  Gb6  
Los dos materiales que forman mi canto
Y el canto de Cm7b5ustedes quF(b9)/Ae es el misBbm7mo canBbm6to
Y el canto de Cm7b5todos que es mi F7propio Bbm7cantoAb7  Gb7  F7  Bbm7  

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Gracias A La Vida

by Violeta Parra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm7b5

Amaj7/F

Bbm7

Bbm6

Ebm7

Ab13

Ab13/Gb

Dbmaj7

Dbmaj7/Ab

Abm7

Db9

Gbmaj7

Gb6

F(b9)/A

Ab7

Gb7

Hello all! Here's my own transcription of Violeta Parra's wonderful "Gracias a la Vida".

This is a truly beautiful song: it's hard to pick between the lyrics and the harmony.

Playing the song is really easy once you have memorized the chord sequence, which is repeated

throughout the song. I recommend you practice the first 5 verses until you are comfortable

enough with the chord changes and then you won't even need to read the chords to play the whole song.

This is why I only wrote the chords for the first 10 verses. Have fun and post any correction

suggestion in the comments :)

Here are the chords I used:

Cm7b5

x3434x

Amaj7/F

1xx224

Bbm7

7x777x

Bbm6

7x677x

Ebm7

x7978x

Ab13

4x456x

Ab13/Gb

2x456x

Dbmaj7

x4656x

Dbmaj7/Ab

4x656x

Abm7

4x444x

Db9

x4344x

Gbmaj7

2x332x

Gb6

2x132x

F(b9)/A

5x456x

1x121x

Ab7

4x454x

Gb7

2x232x

Cm7b5 Amaj7/F Bbm7 Bbm6

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto

Ebm7 Ab13 Ab13/Gb Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7/Ab

Me dio dos luceros que cuando los abro

Abm7 Db9 Gbmaj7 Gb6

Perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco

Cm7b5 F(b9)/A Bbm7 Bbm6

Y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado

Cm7b5 F7 Bbm7 Ab7 Gb7 F7 Bbm7

Y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo

Cm7b5 Amaj7/F Bbm7 Bbm6

Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto

Ebm7 Ab13 Ab13/Gb Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7/Ab

Me ha dado el oido que en todo su ancho

Abm7 Db9 Gbmaj7 Gb6

Graba noche y dia grillos y canarios

Cm7b5 F(b9)/A Bbm7 Bbm6

Martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos

Cm7b5 F7 Bbm7 Ab7 Gb7 F7 Bbm7

Y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado

Cm7b5 Amaj7/F Bbm7 Bbm6

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto

Ebm7 Ab13 Ab13/Gb Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7/Ab

Me ha dado el sonido y el abedecedario

Abm7 Db9 Gbmaj7 Gb6

Con él las palabras que pienso y declaro

Cm7b5 F(b9)/A Bbm7 Bbm6

Madre amigo hermano y luz alumbrando

Cm7b5 F7 Bbm7 Ab7 Gb7 F7 Bbm7

La ruta del alma del que estoy amando

Cm7b5 Amaj7/F Bbm7 Bbm6

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto

Ebm7 Ab13 Ab13/Gb Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7/Ab

Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados

Abm7 Db9 Gbmaj7 Gb6

Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos

Cm7b5 F(b9)/A Bbm7 Bbm6

Playas y desiertos montañas y llanos

Cm7b5 F7 Bbm7 Ab7 Gb7 F7 Bbm7

Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio

Cm7b5 Amaj7/F Bbm7 Bbm6

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto

Ebm7 Ab13 Ab13/Gb Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7/Ab

Me dio el corazón que agita su marco

Abm7 Db9 Gbmaj7 Gb6

Cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano

Cm7b5 F(b9)/A Bbm7 Bbm6

Cuando miro el bueno tan lejos del malo

Cm7b5 F7 Bbm7 Ab7 Gb7 F7 Bbm7

Cuando miro el fondo de tus ojos claros

Cm7b5 Amaj7/F Bbm7 Bbm6

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto

Ebm7 Ab13 Ab13/Gb Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7/Ab

Me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto

Abm7 Db9 Gbmaj7 Gb6

Así yo distingo dicha de quebranto

Los dos materiales que forman mi canto

Cm7b5 F(b9)/A Bbm7 Bbm6

Y el canto de ustedes que es el mismo canto

Cm7b5 F7 Bbm7 Ab7 Gb7 F7 Bbm7

Y el canto de todos que es mi propio canto

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