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A Life Worth Living

Alan Pownall

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Nice happy summery song :)
Tuning: standard

                              -Chords-

   A       D       E       E2    F# minor   B

   x       x       x       0        x       2
   x       7       9       0        x       4
   6       7       9       1        x       4
   7       7       9       2        3       4
   7       5       7       2        3       2
   5       x       x       0        1       x

Intro:

  A       D    A                 D  A
---------------------------------------------  ]
-----------7---------------------7-----------  ]
----6-6-6--7---6-6-6-6----6-6-6--7---6-6-6-6-  ]    keep this kind of
----7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7----7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7-  ]    strum pattern throughout
----7-7-7-5----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-5----7-7-7-7-  ]    verses.
--5----------5----------5----------5---------  ]   

Verse 1:
  A
I did my best this time around
      D                       E               A    D            A
Don't look like you've been holding on for nothing, was it nothing?
 A
Cus' I've been hid down underground
      D            E               A      D       A
I'm hoping we can turn it into something. yeah yeah


Bridge:
E2
But you said you wanted more   ]
E2                             ]
and you're never coming back,  ]     Gets louder till the the 'Oh!' when you
E2                             ]     play a single strum then start the
And now you just remind me     ]     chorus.
E2                      E2     ]
'bout everything I had Oh!     ]


Chorus:
A        D
I won't run away from
E
A Life worth giving here
A          D           
You won't have to wait for
E
A Life worth giving here
     F# min     E       D
There's nothing I want more
        E                A
Than a life worth living with you

   A  D  A (bridge part like in the intro) 

Verse 2:
 A
I've been here one too many times
     D          E               A     D       A
You let me fall away and it was over, was it over?
   A
I knew you turned yourself around
      D              E                 A     D     A
and I'd be there to take you under my arms,  oOoh

Bridge 2:
E2
'Cus you said you wanted more   ]
E2                              ]
And i could never give you that ]      Gets louder again :)
E2                              ]
And now you just remind me      ]
E2                       E2     ]
'bout everything I had  Oh!     ]


Chorus:
A        D 
I won't run away from
E
A Life worth giving here
A          D 
You won't have to wait for
E
A Life worth giving here
     F# min     E       D
There's nothing I want more
        E                 A  
Than a life worth living with you


Bridge 3:
   F# min           B      
I never wanted any more than this
   E
I found you in my diamond days
   F# min                     B   
But I've been waiting up for all this time
   E 
And you stayed away but I feel it in my bones
   E                                        E 
Been looking all over for a life worth living with

Solo (don't know it, might tab it later but if not just improvise it ;)

backing chords are:
 A  D  E  A  D  E

Chorus:
A        D 
I won't run away from
E
A Life worth giving here
A          D 
You won't have to wait for
E
A Life worth giving here
     F# min     E       D
There's nothing I want more
        E                 A          D          E   A
Than a life worth living with you
A          D          E
A life worth living with you
A          D          E
A life worth living with you
A          D          E   A     ] slow the ending down and play the A slowly
A life worth living with you    ] hitting every string 

Thats basically it, i'll see if i can figure out the solo later on but enjoy this great tune :)

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A Life Worth Living

Alan Pownall