A Song For Life Chords
by Alan Jackson
A Song For Life by Alan Jackson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, Em, Am, C7, F, G7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: () C Em Am C7 F G7 C G
C Em Am C7 F G7 C -
G7
Well I don't drink as much as I used to, lately it just ain't my style,
Em Am C7
F G7
And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to, they pass quickly like
when I was a
C G7
child,
F G C C7 F
G Am C7
And some how I've learned how to listen, for a sound like the sun goin
down,
F G7 C F C
Em Am C7
In the magic the mornin is bringin, there's a song for the life I have
found,
F G7 C - G7
It keeps my feet on the ground,
C Em Am C7 F
G7 C- And a mid-summer days sits so heavy, but don't they
flow like the breeze through your
G7
mind,
C Em Am C7 F G7
C G7
When nothin appears in a hurry, to make up for someone's lost time,
F G C C7 F
G Am C7
And some how I've learned how to listen, for a sound like the sun goin
down,
F G7 C F C
Em Am C7
In the magic the mornin is bringin, there's a song for the life I have
found,
F G7 C
It keeps my feet on the ground,
(add-lib Lead)
F G C C7
F G Am C7
And some how I've learned how to listen, for a sound like the breeze
dyin down,
F G7 C F
C Em Am C7
In the magic the mornin is bringin, there's a song for the friend I have
found,
F G7 C C7 F G7 C
She keeps my feet on the ground, she keeps my feet on the ground.