My Life Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays542

My Life by John Lennon is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, E7, A7, D, Dm, Bm, C#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			A            A                   F#m
My life, take it, it's mine to give
A                   A E7       A   E7
Take it and let me live     in you
       A     A        F#m
My life take it it's yours
A7                      D  Dm           A
Do what you want I dedicate       it to you
A           Bm       C#m     D
What's the use in waking
A                  Bm       C#m       D         C#m
If you're not there to share the pain and nightmares
 A
 E
       A     A                  F#m
My life, take it, for better or worse
   A                     A     E
Why waste time we both know
                       A             A
Together is the only way we'll make it
F#m         A7            D     Dm
Anyway, take it, my life
                 A
My life is you
What's the use in waking...
Bm                                   E
I have only myself to (sounds like 'lose')
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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