Its A Great Life Chords
by Faron Young
Its A Great Life by Faron Young is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords D, G, E7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
D G D G
Well it's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be
D
strong
Chorus
G D G
Well I don't guess I'll ever make a million I just want enough to
D
get by
G E7
Like a checking the town in two or three banks and a yellow Cadillac
A
to drive
D G
To go sportin' around with two or three red-heads or maybe take a
D
blonde along
G D G D
It's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be strong
Chorus
G D E7 A
Just give me my money and cold hard pension give my guitar in tune
D G
And get me a date with a pretty little thing and I'll be barkin'
D
at the moon
G D G D
No want more than anybody else just takes more for me to get along
G D G D
It's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be strong
Chorus
G E7
It's a simple thing in life that really matter and I'm a pretty
A
simple guy
D G D G D
Just give me a house a swimming pool and a little sport plane to fly
G D G
It don't take much to satisfy me I'm a country boy tryin' to get
D
along
G D G D
It's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be strong