Beautiful Life Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays640

Beautiful Life by Jim Reeves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7 and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			C                  F      C 
Each day I'll do a golden deed 

           G7               C 
By helping those who are in need 

                    F     C 
My life on earth is but a span 

                   G7     C 
And so I'll do the best I can 

  
                      C7      F 
Life's evening sun is sinking low 

           G7              C 
A few more days and I must go 

G7          C          F      C 
To meet the deeds that I have done 

                       G7      C 
Where there will be no setting sun 

  
                       F      C 
While going down life's weary road 

            G7                   C 
I'll try to lift some traveler's load 

                     F        C 
I'll try to turn the night to day 

                   G7        C 
Make flowers bloom along the way 

  
                      C7      F 
Life's evening sun is sinking low 

           G7              C 
A few more days and I must go 

G7          C          F      C 
To meet the deeds that I have done 

                       G7      C 
Where there will be no setting sun 

  
                 F        C 
To be a child of God each day 

              G7              C 
My light must shine along the way 

                           F        C 
I'll sing His praise while the ages roll 

                        G7       C 
And strive to help some troubled soul 

  
                      C7      F 
Life's evening sun is sinking low 

           G7              C 
A few more days and I must go 

G7          C          F      C 
To meet the deeds that I have done 

                       G7      C 
Where there will be no setting sun 

  
                   F      C 
The only life that will endure 

              G7                C 
Is one that's kind and good and pure 

             F            C 
And for God  I'll take my stand 

                     G7      C 
Each day I'll lend a helping hand 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante