Life Down Here On Earth Chords
by Kevin Welch
Life Down Here On Earth by Kevin Welch is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, A7, B7, C7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D C A7 G D G C G D
Verse:
G B7
I’m gonna come to your window, knock upon your pane
C7 A7
stand back in the moonlight and sing your name
G D
Turn your television off, it’s just showbiz
C A7
Step out here with me, where the real show is
G D G C G D
It’s a great big world, life down here on earth
G B7
Let me introduce you to my carnival of friends
C7 A7
They come from all four corners, on all four winds
G D
Thieves up in the castle, kings out in the rain
C A7
Saints down in the trenches, they’re fighting for a change
G D G C G D
And it’s a great big world, life down here on earth
Bridge
C7 G G7
Baby take a mad dash with me, we’re gonna give it all we’re worth
A7
Come down from your tower, there‘s so much here to see
D tacit D tacit G C G D
Life down here, life down here on earth
Verse
G B7
We got headlights on the highway, stars up in the sky
C7 A7
Got a sparkle in my eyes, don’t you want to know why?
G D
I killed a lot of time, that was my greatest sin
C A7
But I forgave myself, and I’m alive again
G D G C G D
And it’s a big old world, life down here on earth
Bridge/Outro
G B7
There’s gonna be two dates on your tombstone, all your friends will read ‘em
C7 A7
But all that’s gonna matter is that little dash between ‘em
G D G C D
Yes it’s a great big world, life down here on earth
G D G C G D G
Well it’s a big old world, life down here on earth