One Way Chords

by Levellers
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author CyD PinK [a] 93.
2 contributors total, last edit on Feb 16, 2023

Chords

Bm
D
E5
A
G
F

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CHORDS IN THIS SONG:
 
Bm, D, E5, A, G, G*, F
 
THE E5 PLAYED IS 022400.. I THINK..
 
..THE G* IS PLAYED 3RD FRET.. BASICALLY AN F SHAPE ON THE 3RD FRET,
ALTERNATE PLAYING THE a STRING..SAME GOES FOR THE D ON THE VERSES,
ALTERNATE PLAYING THE HIGH e..
 
 
INTRO/CHORUS 1:
 
             Bm  D      E5        A          G         D         A
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
 
 
INSTRU:
 
|: D | D | F | G* :|
 
 
VERSE 1:
 
   D
MY FATHER WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, TOOK ME UP ONTO THE HILL
     F                             G*
THAT LOOKED DOWN ON THE CITY SMOG ABOVE THE FACTORY SPILL.
              D
HE SAID, "NOW THIS IS WHERE I COME, WHEN I WANT TO BE FREE."
        F                             G*
WELL HE NEVER WAS IN HIS LIFTIME, BUT THESE WORDS STUCK WITH ME. HEY!
 
 
INSTRU:
 
|: D | D | F | G* :|
 
 
VERSE 2:
 
         D
AND SO I RAN FROM ALL OF THIS, AND I CLIMBED THE HIGHEST HILL,
             F                  G*
AND I LOOKED DOWN ONTO MY LIFE, ABOVE THE FACTORY SPILL,
             D
AND I LOOKED DOWN ONTO MY LIFE AS THE FAMILY DISGRACE,
             F                                 G*
THEN ALL MY FRIENDS ON THE STARTING LINE THERE WAGES OFF TO CHASE,
         F                                     G*
YES, AND ALL MY FRIENDS AND ALL THEIR JONS AND ALL THE BLOODY WASTE.
 
 
CHORUS 2:
 
             Bm  D      E5        A          G         D         A
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
             Bm  D      E5        A          G         D         A
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
 
 
INSTRU:
 
|: D | D | F | G*: | (x6)
 
 
VERSE 3:
 
                 D
WELL, WELL, WELL I GREW UP, LEARNED TO LOVE AND LAUGH,
 
CIRCLED 'A'S ON THE UNDERPASS
        F
BUT THE NOISE WE THOUGHT WOULD NEVER STOP,
G*
DIED A DEATH AS THE PUNKS GREW UP
       D
AND WE CHOCKED ON ALL OUR DREAMS, WE WRESTLED WITH OUR FEARS,
      F
WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH THE HEARTLESS CONCRETE STREETS,
G*
CHASING OUR IDEAS. RUN!
 
 
INSTRU:
 
|: D | D | F | G* :|
 
 
VERSE 4:
 
            D
AND ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THIS WORLD WON'T BE SOLVED MY THIS GUITAR,
         F                                G*
AND THEY WON'T STOP COMING EITHER, BY THE LIFE I'VE HAD SO FAR.
        D
AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF MY HOME TOWN WON'T BE GETTING ANY DIMMER,
       F                                   G*
THOUGH THERE CALLING HAS RECEDED LIKE SOME OLD DISTANT SINGER,
         F                              G*
AND THEY DON'T LOOK SO APPEALING TO THE EYES OF THIS POOR SINNER.
 
 
CHORUS 3:
 
             Bm  D      E5        A          G         D         A
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
             Bm  D      E5        A          G         D         A
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
 
 
CHORUS 4:
 
             Bm  D      E5        A          G         D         A
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
             Bm  D      E5        A          G         D         A
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
            Bm
THAT'S YOUR OWN
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