Thats What Living Is To Me Chords

That's What Living Is To Me
By: Jimmy Buffett
Note: The intro/outro lick is also played during the verses.
 
Standard Tuning
Capo 5
 
 
N.C.
Back toward the turn of the century,
Mark Twain took a trip around the world on a steamship,
And he wrote a book called Following the Equator.
And the opening page has a dedication that says,
"Be good and you will be lonesome."
Which for me, still seems to work in the fabulous eighties.
 
 
[Intro]
 
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[Verse 1]
D     Dsus2 D   Dsus4 D   Dsus2
Jason Ma -  son hears the sound
    D       Dsus2 Asus4 Dsus4 Asus4 A
The whistle blows in    Con - go    town
        G    A      D
and the mail boat's in
G    A      D
Mail boat's in
 
D          Dsus2  D    Dsus4 D  Dsus2
Brings him things from oh    so far
    D   Dsus2 Asus4 Dsus2  Asus4 A
Old magazines and   Snic - kers  bars
  G      A      G      A
A simple man, a simple plan
    G           A      G    A
The world's too big to understand
 
 
[Chorus]
   D        G           D       Dsus4 D
Be good and you will be lonesome
   D            G   D/A     A   Gadd9  D/F#  A
Be lonesome and you will be free
       D                G         D
Live a lie and you will live to regret it
            G            A
That's what living is to me
            G      A     D   Dsus4  D
That's what living is to me
 
 
[Verse 2]
     D        Dsus2 D  Dsus4 D Dsus2
On a timeless beach in His - paniola
  D          Dsus2 Asus4 Dsus4 Asus4 A
A young girl sips  a     di -  et    cola
      G      A   D
She's worlds a - part
G      A   D
Worlds a - part
 
    D      Dsus2 D   Dsus4 D    Dsus2
The spirit of    the black king still
  D    Dsus2 Asus4   Dsus2 Asus4 A
Reverberates through Hai - tian  hills
   G         A       G       A
He rules the sea and all the fish
     G     A     G  A
What if he had a TV dish?
 
 
[Chorus]
   D        G           D       Dsus4  D
Be good and you will be lonesome
   D            G   D/A     A   Gadd9  D/F#  A
Be lonesome and you will be free
       D                G         D
Live a lie and you will live to regret it
            G            A
That's what living is to me
            G      A     D   Dsus4  D
That's what living is to me
 
 
[Bridge]
           Em                  Bm
Now in the far off regions the foreign legions
         G                             A
Keep the thieves and the predators at bay
      Em                   Bm
While closer to home, some bad boys still roam
    G                                        A
The streets aren't safe, so give it one more day
         Em
One more day
 
 
[Interlude]
(Em)   Bm           Em    Bm
           One more day
 G    A
 
 
[Verse 3]
    D       Dsus2 D  Dsus4  D    Dsus2
The stories from  my favo - rite books
      D       Dsus2 Asus4 Dsus4 Asus4 A
Still take on ma -  ny    diffe-rent  looks
        G    A   D
And I'm gone a - gain
G    A   D
Home a - gain
 
    D        Dsus2 D   Dsus4 D   Dsus2
The time has come  the Wal - rus said
    D      Dsus2 Asus4 Dsus2 Asus4 A
And little oy -  sters hide  their head
   G        A          G       A
My Twain of thought is loosely bound
  G          A       G         A
I guess it's time to Mark this down
 
 
[Chorus]
   D        G           D       Dsus4 D
Be good and you will be lonesome
   D            G   D/A     A   Gadd9  D/F#  A
Be lonesome and you will be free
       D                G         D
Live a lie and you will live to regret it
            G            A
That's what living is to me
            G      A     D
That's what living is to me
            G            A
That's what living is to me
            G      A     D  G/D  D
That's what living is to me
 
 
[Outro]
 
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N.C.
Thank you, Mark.
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