Song For The Life Chords
by Johnny Cash
Song For The Life by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, D and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
F C D F
I don't drink the way that I used to lately
C F
That just ain't my style
F C D F
And the hard times don't hurt like they once did
C F
They pass more quickly like when I was wild
C7 F
And somehow I've learned how to listen
C F
To a sound like the sun going down
C F
In the magic the morning is bringing
F C7 D F
There's a song for the life I have found
C F
It keeps my feet on the ground
Verse
F C D F
The midsummer days ain't too heavy
C F
They just flow like a breeze through my mind
F C D F
And nothing appears in a hurry
C F
To make up for some old lost times
C7 F
And somehow I've learned how to listen
C F
To a sound like the sun going down
C F
In the magic the morning is bringing
F C7 D F
There's a song for the life I have found
C F
It keeps my feet on the ground
C7 F
And somehow I've learned how to listen
C F
To a sound like the sun going down
C F
In the magic the morning is bringing
F C7 D F
There's a song for the life I have found
C F
It keeps my feet on the ground