Let's Start Livin' Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays448

Let's Start Livin' by Gil Grand is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords A, C, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Lets Start Livin 
Intro: A, C, G  A, C, D 
 
D 
I drive by your house every friday night 
A 
only light on is the TV light 
G 
tears me up to see you all alone 
A 
sitting so safe in your comfort zone 
D 
I know him leavin has gotcha all down 
A 
girl its only one bad go round 
G 
Just cause your breathin dont mean your alive 
A 
Come along with me and step outside 

G 
Throw away your umbrella, come feel the rain 
D 
we'll dance on the water be a little insane 
A 
sittin there in your easy chair,  
D 
aint never going to take you anywhere. 
G 
Life is full of color, it aint all blue 
D 
I got this red-hot love burning for you 
A 
dont look back, step out on that limb 
D 
Come on baby lets start livin! 
 
 
(repeat intro) 
 
D 
Its time to put that phone back on the hook 
A 
get unburried from that book 
G 
Stop feeling sorry for yourself 
A 
and take your heart down off that shelf 
D 
Theres a whole lotta places youve never been  
A 
whole lotta lovin youve never seen 
G 
you wont be needing that tear stained diary 
A 
we're a different story you and me 
 
(repeat chorus) 
 
A 
Dont look back step out on that limb 
D 
Come on baby lets start livin 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante