• Song:

    The Life You Lead

  • Artist:

    Barclay James Harvest

  • Album:

    Welcome To The Show

BJH - The Life You Lead
from Welcome To The Show


There's a [C]life that burns
When the [F]night has [C]come
[F]Makes me [C]under[G]stand
You're the [C]one I see
And I [F]can't say [C]no
[F]Take me [C]by the [G]hand
 
[F] Can't believe that you want it to be
Just the [C]game and we're playing the [G]parts
[F] Such a feeling, it won't let me be
Like an [C]arrow that's straight for the [G]heart 

'Cause the [C]one you want
Is the [F]one you [C]lose
[F]That's what [C]people [G]say
And the [C]life you lead
Is the [F]one you [C]choose
[F]Help me [C]on the [G]way 


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D|7-5-----|7---9---|5---a---|7--99---|
A|--------|5---7---|3---8---|5--77---|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

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D|5-7-----|4---5---|5--77---|--------|
A|5-7-----|2---3---|5--77---|--------|
E|3-5-----|--------|3--55---|--------|

[repeat]


Tell me [F]why__[c]__ you fill up my [G]life this way
Take me [F]high__[c]__, together we'll [G]fly away


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e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|a-8-----|--------|--------|--------|
G|9-7-----|7---9---|5---a---|7--99---|
D|7-5-----|7---9---|5---a---|7--99---|
A|--------|5---7---|3---8---|5--77---|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

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e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|--------|4---5---|--------|--------|
D|5-7-----|4---5---|5--77---|--------|
A|5-7-----|2---3---|5--77---|--------|
E|3-5-----|--------|3--55---|--------|

[repeat]


[F] Can't believe that you want it to be
Just the [C]game and we're playing the [G]parts
[F] Such a feeling, it won't let me be
Like an [C]arrow that's straight for the [G]heart 


'Cause the [C]one you want
Is the [F]one you [C]lose
[F]That's what [C]people [G]say
And the [C]life you lead
Is the [F]one you [C]choose
[F]Help me [C]on the [G]way 


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The following is sung as a counter melody with the final chorus: 

We need someone
Help us along
Too many people can't find a way
We need someone
To carry on
Helping us on the way 


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'Cause the [C]one you want                   Is the 
                           We need someone____


[F]one you [C]lose
                   Help us along___


[F]That's what_____  [C]people [G]say              and the
               Too many people    can't find away___ (x02210@1)

[C]life you lead               Is the
                We need someone


[F]one you [C]choose
                    To carry on


[F]Help me_______ [C]on the [G]way 
          Helping us on the    way

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