The Cost Of Living Chords
by Don Henley
The Cost Of Living by Don Henley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords G, Cmaj7, Dsus4, D, G/B, C, G/A, G/F#, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus4 D
verse 1:
G Cmaj7 G
Some folks don’t like working hard, some folks don’t like rain
G Dsus4 D
Some folks love to tell you all about their aches and pains
G G/B C
Me, I take the hand I’m dealt, and I play it as it lays
G D G Cmaj7 D
It’s the cost of living, and everyone pays
verse 2:
G Cmaj7 G
You can live in memories of all your golden yesterdays
G G/B Dsus4 D
Or spend your whole life grieving for the one that got away
G G/B C
Common sense says let her go, but your heart disobeys
G D G G/A - G/B
It’s the cost of living, and everyone pays
Bridge:
C G G/F# Em A D
Blue shadows falling all around me, still I don’t regret a single day
Instrumental: