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Life Is Long

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CEverybody Gsays that the Fliving is Ceasy
CI can barely Gsee ‘cause my Fhead's in the Cway
CTigers walk Gbehind me- Fthey are to reCmind me that
CI'm Glost- Fbut I'm not Cafraid
CSoul to Gsoul- FA kiss and a Csigh
CSawed in Ghalf- Fby the passage of Ctime
CHalfway Ghome- Ffrom a window you Csee
CChains and Gbars- Bmbut I am still Ffree
People on the outside- I remember sweet times
This old rose- is always in bloom
Everybody's happy- to be a baby daddy
Stone love- with nothing to lose
Life is long- if you give it way
So stay, don't go- ‘cause I'm fading away
Soul to soul- between you and me
Chain me down- but I am still free
Now I can say- those three little words
And every day- I'm dreaming a world
Soul to soul- a kiss and a sigh
Holding back- the waters outside.
Life is long- if you give it away
So stay, don't go- ‘cause I'm fading away
Soul to soul- between you and me
Chain me down- but I am still free

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Life Is Long

by David Byrne

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C G F C

Everybody says that the living is easy

C G F C

I can barely see ‘cause my head's in the way

C G F C

Tigers walk behind me- they are to remind me that

C G F C

I'm lost- but I'm not afraid

C G F C

Soul to soul- A kiss and a sigh

C G F C

Sawed in half- by the passage of time

C G F C

Halfway home- from a window you see

C G Bm F

Chains and bars- but I am still free

People on the outside- I remember sweet times

This old rose- is always in bloom

Everybody's happy- to be a baby daddy

Stone love- with nothing to lose

Life is long- if you give it way

So stay, don't go- ‘cause I'm fading away

Soul to soul- between you and me

Chain me down- but I am still free

Now I can say- those three little words

And every day- I'm dreaming a world

Soul to soul- a kiss and a sigh

Holding back- the waters outside.

Life is long- if you give it away

So stay, don't go- ‘cause I'm fading away

Soul to soul- between you and me

Chain me down- but I am still free

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