• Song:

    You Only Live Once

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

  • Album:

    You Only Live Once/Merc...

Released on July 24th, 2006, "You Only Live Once" was the 3rd single
for the Strokes' 3rd album "First Impressions of Earth", it is one 
of the top songs in the Strokes' setlist, maybe on the top 5. 
It reached #35 on US Modern Rock Billboard.


Lyrics by Julian Casablcas
Music by the Strokes
Key of E major

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  INTRO

E

E  B  F#

E              B      F#
Ooooooo-ooooo-ooooooh


  VERSES

                                 E
Some people think they're always right
                       B     F#
Others are quiet and uptight
                         E
Others they seem so very nice, nice, nice, nice, nice, oh oh!
                               B         F#
Inside they might feel sad and wrong, oh no!


                  E
29 different attributes
                    B        F#
And only 7 that you like, uh oh!
                   E
20 ways to see the world, oh oh!
                      B     F#
Or 20 ways to start a fight


  PRE-CHORUS

    N.C.
Oh, don't, don't, don't
       C#m E G#m F#
Get up
                  B       D#m     F# E
(Tch tch tch tch) I can't see the sunshine
C#m     E  G#m  F#           B  D#m
I'll be waiting for you baby
 F#        E
'Cause I'm through


  CHORUS

          C#m E G#m F#
Sit me down
        B  D#m F# E
Shut me up
          C#m E G#m F#
I'll calm down
    B        D#m   F#   E
And I'll get along with you


  INTERLUDE

E  B F#

E              B      F#
Ooooooo-ooooo-ooooooh


  VERSES

                               E
Oh, men don't notice what they got
                      B   F#
Women think of that a lot
                               E
A thousand ways to please your man, oh oh!
                        B       F#
Not even one requires a plan, I know


                        E
Countless odd religions too
                            B          F#
It doesn't matter which you choose, oh oh!
                              E
One stubborn way to turn your back, oh oh!
                           B        F#
This I've tried, and now refuse, oh oh!


  PRE-CHORUS

    N.C.
Oh, don't, don't, don't
       C#m E G#m F# 
Get up
                  B       D#m     F# E 
(Tch tch tch tch) I can't see the sunshine
C#m     E  G#m  F#           B  D#m
I'll be waiting for you baby
 F#        E
'Cause I'm through


  CHORUS

          C#m E G#m F#
Sit me down
        B  D#m F# E
Shut me up
          C#m E G#m F#
I'll calm down
    B        D#m   F#   E
And I'll get along with you, alright


  OUTRO

B
Shut me up

Shut me up up up up up

And I'll get along with you
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