• Song:

    Live To Tell

  • Artist:

    Madonna

  • Album:

    Frozen

"Live to Tell"
 - Originally written by Patrick Leonard
 - Lyrics by Madonna

Tabbed by Nellie Wilson (xnelliewilsonx@gmail.com)

CAPO: 5th Fret
All chords are relative to the capos position

Asus2 = x02200
Esus4 = xxxx57
Csus4 = xxxx13
G2 = xxx43x
Fsus2 = 133010
Dm7 = xx0230
G9 = 32000x
Asus2(G) = 302200

INTRO:

Asus2 (x02200@1)   Esus4 (022200@1)    Csus4 (x33010@1)     G2        Fsus2 (xx1341@3)   (2X)

E-----0~---|-----7~~--|-----3~~--|----------|-------------|
 B-----0~---|-----5~~--|-----1~~--|----3~~---|----1~~------|
 G-----2~---|----------|----------|----4~~---|----0~~------|
 D-----2~---|----------|----------|----------|----3~~------|
 A-----0~---|----------|----------|----------|----3~~------|
 E----------|----------|----------|----------|----1~~------|

Riff:

E------------------------|    E------------------------|
 B------------------------|    B--1-----1-1-----1-3-1---|
 G------------------------| or G----2-0-----2-0---------|
 D------------------0-----|    D------------------------|
 A--3-0---3-3-0---3---3---|    A------------------------|
 E------3-------3---------|    E------------------------|

Verse 1:
Am/G (302210@1)           C/Dm7         C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)have          atale (x02210@1)       to tell
Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well
            I was not ready for the fall
Too blind to see the writing on the wall

Chorus 1:
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)           CA (x32010@1)man can tell a thousand lies
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)                 EmI've (022000@1)learned my lesson well
      Em7      Fsus2 (xx1341@3)         C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)     (F)  GHope (320003@1)I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then
        Am (x02210@1)Asus2 (x02200@1)G9 (x2323x@1) F (133211@1)Fsus2It (xx1341@3)will burn inside of me

Coda: Asus2  Esus4  Csus4  G2  Fsus2

Verse 2:
Am/G (302210@1)           C/Dm7         C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)know       where beauty      lives
I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives
        The light that you could never see
It shines inside, you can't take that from me

Chorus 1:
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)           CA (x32010@1)man can tell a thousand lies
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)                 EmI've (022000@1)learned my lesson well
      Em7      Fsus2 (xx1341@3)         C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)     (F)  GHope (320003@1)I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then
        Am (x02210@1)Asus2 (x02200@1)G9 (x2323x@1) F (133211@1)Fsus2It (xx1341@3)will burn inside of me

Coda: Asus2  Esus4  Csus4  G2  Fsus2

Chorus 2:
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)           CThe (x32010@1)truth is never far behind
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)            EmYou (022000@1)kept it hidden well
      Em7      Fsus2 (xx1341@3)         C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)     (F)  GIf (320003@1)I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I
      Am (x02210@1)    G9 (x2323x@1)     F (133211@1)  Fsus2ever (xx1341@3)have the chance again

Coda: Asus2  Esus4  Csus4  G2  Fsus2

Bridge:
      F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)          Asus2 (x02200@1)               Asus2(G)
I ran away, I'd never have the strength - To go very far
            F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)          Asus2 (x02200@1)    FHow (133211@1)would they hear the beating of my heart
            F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)         Asus2 (x02200@1)               Asus2(G)
Will it grow cold, the secret that I hide, will I grow old
              F (133211@1)              G9 (x2323x@1)                 AmHow (x02210@1)will they hear, When will they learn, How will they know

Am/G (302210@1)  C/Dm7    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)Chorus 1:
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)           CA (x32010@1)man can tell a thousand lies
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)                 EmI've (022000@1)learned my lesson well
      Em7      Fsus2 (xx1341@3)         C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)     (F)  GHope (320003@1)I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then
        Am (x02210@1)Asus2 (x02200@1)G9 (x2323x@1) F (133211@1)Fsus2It (xx1341@3)will burn inside of me

Chorus 2:
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)           CThe (x32010@1)truth is never far behind
 Fsus2 (xx1341@3)            EmYou (022000@1)kept it hidden well
      Em7      Fsus2 (xx1341@3)         C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)     (F)  GIf (320003@1)I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I
      Am (x02210@1)    G9 (x2323x@1)     F (133211@1)  Fsus2ever (xx1341@3)have the chance again

** This version is streamlined for the acoustic guitar and is not supposed to be 
entirely correct with what is heard on the album.
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