Life According To Raechel Chords

Notes: This is arranged for C Standard tuning (C F Bb Eb G C) or two whole steps down which is the tuning
Madison uses on the original recording.  The nice thing is that in standard tuning, this is still playable, it
just raises the key by 2 whole steps (key of G)--which can be accomplished on UG by transposing +4.  Enjoy
this beautiful MC masterpiece!
 
 
Chord Voicings:
 
Eb(add11): 3-5-0-5-0-X
 
       Ab: 8-X-10-9-X-X
 
       Gm: 7-9-9-7-7-7
 
      Fm9: 5-7-X-5-0-X
 
      Bb7: X-X-0-2-1-2
 
       Eb: 3-X-0-0-0-3
 
     Eb/D: 2-X-0-0-0-X
 
      Cm9: 0-2-X-0-0-2
 
      F/C: 3-3-2-0-1-0
 
  Bb7sus4: X-X-0-2-1-2
 
  Bb7sus2: X-X-0-2-1-0
 
 
Main Riff for Intro, Verse, Outro (this picking pattern continues through the verse).
 
     Eb(add11)
 C|---------------|
 G|---------0------|
Eb|---------5------|
Bb|----------------|
 F|--/5------------|
 C|------3---------|
 
 
Middle Lick for Chorus:
 
     Eb
 C|---------------|
 G|---------------|
Eb|------0--------|
Bb|--0h2---2p0----|
 F|---------------|
 C|------------3--|
 
 
 
[Intro]
Eb(add11)
 
 
[Verse 1]
Eb(add11)
Once your girl, I'm always your girl
Eb(add11)
When I’m here or when I’m there
Eb(add11)
Or on a plane headed somewhere
Eb(add11)
You were staring down the cars, hoping it would be one of ours
                                       Ab
Children and grandchildren writing you cards
    Gm                Fm9
But how long were you waiting for me
          Bb7            Eb(add11)
To make a left down your street?
 
 
[Chorus 1]
Eb                              Eb/D
It’s not if, darling, it’s when
Cm9
Was there something left unsaid?
F/C
Were your eyes green, were they blue?
Bb7                          F/C
What was it that I forgot to ask you?
Eb                             Eb/D
Busy hands, I’ll set ‘em down
   Cm9
To say I love you right out loud
     F/C
I’ll bet you’rе making heaven laugh
       Bb7sus4    Bb7       Bb7sus2  Bb7  F/C    Eb(add11)
But it feels like tеars and memories are  all we have
 
 
[Verse 2]
Eb(add11)
Once I knew it, I was always a know-it-all
Eb(add11)
Too busy, too stressed out to take your call
Eb(add11)
Thought I would always find you there, sitting in your TV chair
                                          Ab
While time is in a bar having a laugh somewhere
    Gm                  Fm9
The nurse said you were waiting for me
       Bb7           Eb(add11)
To let go, to let it be
 
 
[Chorus 2]
Eb                              Eb/D
It’s not if, darling, it’s when
Cm9
Was there something left unsaid?
F/C
Were your eyes green, were they blue?
Bb7                          F/C
What was it that I forgot to ask you?
Eb
Busy hands, I’ll set ‘em down
   Cm9
To say I love you here and now
    F/C
Did God need a new lead in his band?
          Bb7sus4 Bb7     Bb7sus2 Bb7 F/C    Eb(add11)
When this world   and its people  are all we have
 
 
[Outro]
Eb(add11)
Once your girl, I’m always your girl
 
 
 
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| b  Bend
| /  Slide up
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
 
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