Life Is Good Blues Chords

Beautiful song from the incredible Laura’s July Flame album.
 
The chords are easy but this one is very best suited to alternate picking for the
bass notes on the Em, Am7 and C chords.
 
I've put the picking patterns at the foot of the tab!
 
Ok. It's in standard tuning, capo 3rd fret.
 
Chords relative to capo’d position
i.e. Am7 is actually a Cm7, G is actually Bb and so on!
 
 
Intro
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Em
 
 
Verse 1
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Em
Life is good when you dance all night
 
        Am7         C             Am7    C
And the world trans-mits electric power
 
Em
Messages you send to Mars 
 
     Am7             C       Am7    C
Came from a crown of flowers
 
 
Chorus 1
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         G        F       Am7   C
Have you danced a-way the hours?
 
         G        F       Am7   C
Have you danced a-way the hours?
 
 
Verse 2
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Em
Life is good when the band is smokin' hot
 
Am7            C                     Am7                 C
   The drummer drums 'cause it's the last chance that he got
 
Em
Boats light up the river in a string of flame
 
Am7        C    Am7    C
   Life is good
 
 
Chorus 2
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         G       F         Am7       C
When you know he feels the same thing
 
         G       F         Am7       C
When you know he feels the same thing
 
 
inst
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Em   Am7   C    Am7    C
Em   Am7   C    Am7    C
 
 
Verse 3
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Em
Go in soft like the dawn
 
                                    Am7
And tender green like the shoots of spring
 
           C           Am7   C
Un-furling on the lawn
 
Em
Over dale over dale
 
                        Am7
Over sea swell over sea swell
 
      C                Am7    C
Never play the devil's pawn
 
 
Chorus 3 / out
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          G         F      Am7       C
Cause you know he'd do the same thing
 
         G         F      Am7       C
Yeah you know he'd do the same thing
 
         G         F      Am7       C
Yeah you know he'd do the same thing
 
         G         F      Am7       C
Yeah you know he'd do the same thing
 
 
 
Em           Am7        C
 
E --0----0   --------   --------
B --0----0   ---1---1   ---1---1
G --------   ---0---0   ---0---0
D 2-------   -----2--   -----2--
A --------   0-------   3-------
E ----0---   --------   --------
 
 
Nb the G and F chords are strummed simply!!!
 
 
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I hope I've done it justice!
 
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
January 2012
 
watfordkev@gmail.com
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