The Life You Chose Chords
by Jason Isbell
The Life You Chose by Jason Isbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Bm, A, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Bm A
G D A
Who are you if not the one I met
G D A
One July night before the town went wet
G D A
Jack and coke in your mama's car
G D A
You were reading The Bell Jar
G D A
Where are you if you're not on your own
G D A
Always lonely, never quite alone
G D A
Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find
G D A
After running the last line
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
G D A
I got lucky when I finished school
G D A
Lost three fingers to a faulty tool
G D A
Settled out of court, I'm no one's fool
G D A
You probably knew
G D A
There's plenty left to make a getaway
G D A
I've spent enough nights in the bluegrass state
G D A
We could go somewhere where people stay up late
G D A
Or just somewhere new
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
Bridge:
Em A D G
Here I am inviting you to throw your life away
Em A D
A victim of nostalgia maybe take away
Em A D G
Just tonight I realized that I am still in your backseat
Em A D A
Nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?