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Aint It The Life

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Song: Ain't it the Life
Band: Foo Fighters
Album: There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Year: 1999
Chords:
    C         Am         F          Fm         Em        C/B         G
e|--0--|   |--0--|    |--1--|    |--1--|    |--0--|    |--0--|    |--3--|
B|--1--|   |--1--|    |--1--|    |--1--|    |--0--|    |--1--|    |--3--|
G|--0--|   |--2--|    |--2--|    |--1--|    |--0--|    |--0--|    |--0--|
D|--2--|   |--2--|    |--3--|    |--3--|    |--2--|    |--0--|    |--0--|
A|--3--|   |--0--|    |--3--|    |--3--|    |--2--|    |--2--|    |--2--|
E|-----|   |-----|    |--1--|    |--1--|    |--0--|    |-----|    |--3--|
[Intro]
C
 (let ring and then pick through)
Em G
[Verse 1]
C                           Am
Dear Haley, can you save me from the borrowed cloud I'm on 
Fm                  C
All you gotta do is try,
Em                       F
Pray you're just getting by
C                                  Am
Hey wait, I thought you'd made it, how'd your bottled crown fall off
Fm                       C
Tell me how'd you get so tired
Em                F
Faded down to the wire
[Pre-chorus]
G                                   C  C/BAm
                                     -  - 
Try living a lie and kicking out the same old guise
Fm
Wasting time
[Verse 2]
C                 Am
So very ordinary, wait until my bomb goes off
Fm                     C
See the actors run and hide
Em             F
Fake it all in stride
C                            Am
One day we all can say we're gone and haunt the ground we're from
Fm                   C
Everything's so open wide
Em              F
Here within the divide
[Pre-chorus]
G                                   C  C/BAm
                                     -  - 
Try living a lie and kicking out the same old guise
Fm
Wasting time
[Chorus]
             C                  Am                 C            Am
Ain't it the life, ain't it the life, ain't it the life, got no crime,
Fm           C
Just sail on by
Em      F
Sail on by
             C                  Am                 C            Am
Ain't it the life, ain't it the life, ain't it the life, got no crime,
Fm           C
Just sail on by
Em      F
Sail on by
C                    Em  G  G G G G G G
Ain't it the life
[Solo]
CAmFmC EmF
          x2
[Pre-chorus]
G                                   C  C/BAm
                                     -  - 
Try living a lie and kicking out the same old guise
Fm
Wasting time
[Chorus]
             C                  Am                 C            Am
Ain't it the life, ain't it the life, ain't it the life, got no crime,
Fm           C
Just sail on by
Em      F
Sail on by
             C                  Am                 C            Am
Ain't it the life, ain't it the life, ain't it the life, got no crime,
Fm           C
Just sail on by
Em      F
Sail on by
             C
Ain't it the life

Aint It The Life chords and lyrics

Free chords for Aint It The Life by Foo Fighters. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Song: Ain't it the Life
Band: Foo Fighters
Album: There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Year: 1999
Chords:
[Intro]
C (let ring and then pick through)
Em G
[Verse 1]
[Pre-chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
C Am  Fm  C  Em  F x2
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]

Aint It The Life Chords by Foo Fighters

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The chords for "Aint It The Life" show the original chord names (including C, Am, F, Fm, Em, C/B). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.