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Live This Long

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[Verse 1]
DTime flies by in the blink of an D7eye
 GWhen you get paid for having too much Dfun
DKicking out D/C#footlights, D/Bliving the night Dlife
E7Like tomorrow ain’t never going tAo come
DWouldn’t change much of nothing about this D7road we’ve been running
Full of wild Gtimes, wine, women and a soDng
GBut we’d of taken much better D/C#care of D/Bourselves
If we’d a Gknown we was going to Alive this loDng
[Verse 2]
DWhiskey goes down like the D7cold Spring water
GOver rocks at the close of thDe day
DWhen you’re D/C#flying like D/Beagles down American Dhighways
E7You lose a lot of friends along tAhe way
DBut we just keep on moving and rolling D7along
GCan’t look back we might turn to Dstone
But we’d a Gtaken much better D/C#care of oD/Burselves
If we’d a Gknown we was gonna lAive this Dlong
[Chorus]
BmIf we’d a known Bm/Bbwe were going to Bm/Alive this E7long
GWe might have Achanged things up a Dbit
BmWe still wBm/Bboulda’ve lived Bm/Aout every E7song
Just Gmaybe not quite as fast as we Adid
[Verse 3]
DBut we’re in pretty good shape Will for the shape were D7in
GWe’ll keep rocking along until we’re Dgone
GBut we’d of taken much better D/C#care of D/Bourselves
If we’d a Gknown we was gonna Alive this lonDg
[Chorus]
Yeah Gwe’d a taken much better D/C#care of oD/Burselves
If we’d a Gknown we was gonna Alive this lonDg

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Live This Long

by Willie Nelson

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D/C#

D/B

Bm/Bb

Bm/A

[Verse 1]

D D7

Time flies by in the blink of an eye

G D

When you get paid for having too much fun

D D/C# D/B D

Kicking out footlights, living the night life

E7 A

Like tomorrow ain’t never going to come

D D7

Wouldn’t change much of nothing about this road we’ve been running

G D

Full of wild times, wine, women and a song

G D/C# D/B

But we’d of taken much better care of ourselves

G A D

If we’d a known we was going to live this long

[Verse 2]

D D7

Whiskey goes down like the cold Spring water

G D

Over rocks at the close of the day

D D/C# D/B D

When you’re flying like eagles down American highways

E7 A

You lose a lot of friends along the way

D D7

But we just keep on moving and rolling along

G D

Can’t look back we might turn to stone

G D/C# D/B

But we’d a taken much better care of ourselves

G A D

If we’d a known we was gonna live this long

[Chorus]

Bm Bm/Bb Bm/A E7

If we’d a known we were going to live this long

G A D

We might have changed things up a bit

Bm Bm/Bb Bm/A E7

We still woulda’ve lived out every song

G A

Just maybe not quite as fast as we did

[Verse 3]

D D7

But we’re in pretty good shape Will for the shape were in

G D

We’ll keep rocking along until we’re gone

G D/C# D/B

But we’d of taken much better care of ourselves

G A D

If we’d a known we was gonna live this long

[Chorus]

G D/C# D/B

Yeah we’d a taken much better care of ourselves

G A D

If we’d a known we was gonna live this long

About Live This Long Chords by Willie Nelson

Learn how to play Live This Long by Willie Nelson with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “Live This Long chords”, “Live This Long guitar chords”, or “Willie Nelson Live This Long chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy Live This Long chords and for experienced players who want accurate Live This Long lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include D, D7, G, D/C#, D/B, E7.

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What key is "Live This Long" in?

The chords for "Live This Long" show the original chord names (including D, D7, G, D/C#, D/B, E7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.