I Don't Have To Live This Way Chords
I Don't Have To Live This Way by Alison Krauss is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords A, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Just in case you didn't get this anyway, here it is. Two guitars, the first
playing with no capo (strummed), the second with a capo on the fifth fret (picked).
For the guitar:
Intro: A | E | A
A
I've been up and down the floor
Sleep won't hold me any more
You're running out of games to play
E A
I don't have to live this way
Thought I loved you for a while
You were loaded up on style
Talk is cheap but I won't pay
E A
I don't have to live this way.
D A D A
No I won't pay for games that you devise
D A D A
and I won't wait to listen to your lies.
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard
You're running out of games to play
E A
I don't have to live this way.
Guitar Solo: A | E | A
Fiddle Solo: (D | A) x4
You won't stay another night
Or give your wrong another right
Now I've got the eyes to see
E A
You get your kicks by hurting me.
D A D A
No I won't pay for games that you devise
D A D A
and I won't wait to listen to your lies.
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard
You're running out of games to play
E A
I don't have to live this way.
Outro: A | E | D