Song For The Life Chords
by John Denver
Song For The Life by John Denver is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G/F#, Em, G7, C, D and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G G/F# Em G7 C D D7
e|-3----2-------0-----1-----0----2----2--|
B|-0----0-------0-----0-----1----3----1--|
G|-0----0-------0-----0-----0----2----2--|
D|-0----0-------2-----0-----2----0----0--|
A|-2----2-------2-----2-----3----x----x--|
E|-3----2-------0-----3-----x----x----x--|
G G/F# Em G7
I don't drink as much as I used to,
C D G D7
Lately it just ain't my style.
G G/F# Em G7
And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to,
C D G G
They pass quickly like when I was a child.
C D G G
Somehow I've learned how to listen
C D Em G7
For a sound like the sun going down.
C D G C
In the magic the morning is bringing,
G G/F# Em G7
There's a song for the life I have found.
C D G D7
It keeps my feet on the ground.
G G/F# Em G7
Don't the midsummer days sit so heavy.
C D G D7
But don't they flow like a breeze through your mind.
G G/F# Em G7
And nothing occurs in a hurry
C D G G
To make up for someone's lost time.
C D G G
Somehow I've learned how to listen
C D Em G7
For a sound like the sun going down.
C D G C
In the magic the morning is bringing,
G G/F# Em G7
There's a song for the friend I have found.
C D G D7
She keeps my feet on the ground.
G G/F# Em G7
C D G D7
G G/F# Em G7
C D G G
C D G G
Somehow I've learned how to listen
C D Em G7
For a sound like the breeze dying down.
C D G C
In the magic the morning is bringing,
G G/F# Em
There's a song for the life I have found.
C D G G/F# Em G7
It keeps my feet on the ground.
C D G
It keeps my feet on the ground.