This Is The Life Chords

by Amy Macdonald
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author BiffBoff [a] 60.
3 contributors total, last edit on Sep 21, 2022
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Chords

C#m
A
E
G#m

Strumming

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[Chords]
C#m:  x46654
A:    x02220
E:    022100
G#m:  466444
 
Stumming pattern: D DU D DU D D U U DU
(Play this pattern one time per chord)
 
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[Intro]
 
C#m*  C#m  A  E  G#m
(*Only lay down your fingers on the strings and mute them)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
      C#m
Oh the wind whistles down
A
On the cold dark street tonight
          E                             G#m
And the people they are dancing to the music vibe
          C#m
And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair
A
While the shy tormented youth sit way over there
          E
And the songs they get louder
                       G#m
Each one better than before
 
 
[Chorus] (x2)
 
                        C#m
And you're singing the songs
 
Thinking this is the life
                         A
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
                   E
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
                         G#m
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
        C#m
So you're heading down the road in your taxi for four
A
And you're waiting outside Jimmy's front door
E                                       G#m
But nobody's in and nobody's home 'til four
C#m
So you're sitting there with nothing to do
A
Talking about Robert Riger and his motley crew
E                                                       G#m
And where you're gonna go and where you're gonna sleep tonight
 
 
[Chorus] (x2)
 
                        C#m
And you're singing the songs
 
Thinking this is the life
                         A
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
                   E
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
                         G#m
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
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7 comments
saulbq
Yup, looking at the YouTubes of her live this is how she plays it. It has the right sound.
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TheRobs
I think this one Em should be a G#m in the first verse
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CabbiBoy
Just note that C# and G# are both minor, which you show fine on the chords diagram but they are C#m and G#m. (Tab has been corrected!)
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