• Song:

    Song For Life

  • Artist:

    Alison Krauss

  • Album:

    Too Late To Cry

There is some arpeggiation during the intro, but I will leave that 
to you to figure out. 
 
{Intro}  D5 A5 B5 D5 G5 A5 D5 A5      (same as verse) 
   

{Verse 1} 
  D5              A5         B5       D5  
I don't drink as much as I used to
G5          A5            D5       A5 (walk up A5 - B5 - C#5 ) 
Lately, it just ain't my style 
D5                    A5              B5        D5     
And hard times don't last like they used to 
G5                       A5           D5 
They pass quicker, like when I was a child. 
 
{Chorus} 
G5            A5             D5 
Somehow I've learned how to listen 
     G5              A5        B5     D5 
To a sound like the sun going down 
        G5         A5         D5        G5 
And the magic the morning is bringing home 
  D5          A5           B5     D5 
a song for a life I have found 
G5           A5          D5 
It keeps my feet on the ground 
 
 
{Solo}--Play verse again 
 
{second verse} 
 
The midsummer days sit so heavy 
but don't they blow like a breeze through your mind 
when nothing appears in a hurry 
to make up for someone's lost time 
 
{repeat chorus} 
 
(*A note on the chorus---the version by The Seldom Scene has a 
  somewhat different last chorus.  This may be the original words, 
  and were changed for soon to be obvious reasons(Alison being a woman 
  and all)  It only affects the last two lines: 
 
  A song for a girl I have found 
  She keeps my feet on the ground 
 
  Also, Alan Jackson uses friend instead of girl I believe, although 
  I'm not sure if he says he or she on the next line.   
 
  So use whichever version you like best, or best suits your gender*)
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