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One Thing To Live

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1/45

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 45Position: 5

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

This song is played with standart tuning: EADgbe
The chords are quite difficult to play because they haven't the same lenght.
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Intro (Acoustic) (play it rather slower than the major part of the song.)
use these chords:
e-E0--B2--C#4--A0------
b-0--4--6--2------
g-1--4--6--2------
D-2--4--6--2------
A-2--2--4--0------
E-0--x--x--x------
a Elook in your Beyes C#- what can i sAay 
Eyou left us Bhere C#- and it's a shAame 
i would Elike to have hBelped to beC#gin aAgain 
Epotential was Byours never Aours
Eyou deBcided you Afate 
Eone tBhing to lAive 
   A          BE(let ring)
one thing to live 
Part 1 (use power chords, heavy distortion)
a Elook at you Bnow    C#what's in Aa name 
Eyou left them thBere    C#it was a shAame 
they would lEike to have hBelped C#again to beAgin 
Part 2
but potenAtial was yBours never oC#urs 
beEfore you chG#ose your fAate 
beEfore you G#asked them all to Await 
Eleft G#standing there to Awatch you play Ewith your matches 
Done god burn deC#serves another Atwo 
but Eone G#thing to Alive is one Bthing to Elive 
Bridge:
e|-------------
B|-------------
G|-7-7--7--7-7-
D|-7-7--7--7-7-
A|-5-5--5--5-5-
E|-------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-4---6-6--------------------4-4----6-6-------------|
|-2---------4-4---6-6-----7-7-----2------4-4----6-6---------4-4-|
|-2---------2-2---4-4-----7-7-----2------2-2----4-4---------4-4-|
|-0-----------------------5-5-----0-------------------------2-2-|
   selfish fool   nobody loves you self resent how can they trust you
 G#walk around with a Abutt tattoo F#-  it will never Bdo 
Guitar Solo (Guitar 2):
e|--------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---9------9------9--------|---9------9------9----------|
G|-9---9--8---8--6---6------|-9---9--8---9--6---6-9~~~~--|
D|---------------------9~~~-|----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|
e|------12--------12-----9-12-11-12~~~\-|
B|-9-12----12--13----13----------12~~~\-|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
        the chords are the same as well)
|2-2-4------4---2--------4-4--6-6-4|
 Ewhy should you Bdie with digniC#ty 
Eyou lived G#in a shAame 
Eas you G#ask them all to Await 
Eleft G#standing here to Awatch you lying Ein your ashes 
 Done good burn deC#serves another Atwo 
   E         G#             A          B  E(let ring)
one thing to live is one thing to live
Last little riff (Guitar 2):
e|--------------------|   
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-7-6-4--------------|
E|-------7-5-4-2-4-0~-|

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One Thing To Live

by Lagwagon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

This song is played with standart tuning: EADgbe

The chords are quite difficult to play because they haven't the same lenght.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro (Acoustic) (play it rather slower than the major part of the song.)

use these chords:

E B C# A

e-0--2--4--0------

b-0--4--6--2------

g-1--4--6--2------

D-2--4--6--2------

A-2--2--4--0------

E-0--x--x--x------

E B C# A

a look in your eyes - what can i say

E B C# A

you left us here - and it's a shame

E B C# A

i would like to have helped to begin again

E B A

potential was yours never ours

E B A

you decided you fate

E B A

one thing to live

A B

E(let ring)

one thing to live

Part 1 (use power chords, heavy distortion)

E B C# A

a look at you now what's in a name

E B C# A

you left them there it was a shame

E B C# A

they would like to have helped again to begin

Part 2

A B C#

but potential was yours never ours

E G# A

before you chose your fate

E G# A

before you asked them all to wait

E G# A E

left standing there to watch you play with your matches

D C# A

one god burn deserves another two

E G# A B E

but one thing to live is one thing to live

Bridge:

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

B|-------------

G|-7-7--7--7-7-

D|-7-7--7--7-7-

A|-5-5--5--5-5-

E|-------------

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------4-4---6-6--------------------4-4----6-6-------------|

|-2---------4-4---6-6-----7-7-----2------4-4----6-6---------4-4-|

|-2---------2-2---4-4-----7-7-----2------2-2----4-4---------4-4-|

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

selfish fool nobody loves you self resent how can they trust you

G# A F# B

walk around with a butt tattoo - it will never do

Guitar Solo (Guitar 2):

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

B|---9------9------9--------|---9------9------9----------|

G|-9---9--8---8--6---6------|-9---9--8---9--6---6-9~~~~--|

D|---------------------9~~~-|----------------------------|

A|--------------------------|----------------------------|

E|--------------------------|----------------------------|

e|------12--------12-----9-12-11-12~~~\-|

B|-9-12----12--13----13----------12~~~\-|

G|--------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------|

the chords are the same as well)

|2-2-4------4---2--------4-4--6-6-4|

E B C#

why should you die with dignity

E G# A

you lived in a shame

E G# A

as you ask them all to wait

E G# A E

left standing here to watch you lying in your ashes

D C# A

one good burn deserves another two

E G# A B E

(let ring)

one thing to live is one thing to live

Last little riff (Guitar 2):

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

B|--------------------|

G|--------------------|

D|--------------------|

A|-7-6-4--------------|

E|-------7-5-4-2-4-0~-|

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