This Is My Life Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays549

This Is My Life by Kim Larsen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am, F, Csus4 and E7. 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
  			Intro: C   C   C   C 


Verse: 1 
C          G 
This is my life 
Am         F 
This is my time 
Am          G 
Show me the light 
    F    C    Csus4 
And I go there 


Verse: 2 
C           G 
Give me the wine 
Am         F 
Bitter and sweet 
Am                  G 
And a little bit of bread 
       F     C   Csus4 
That's all I need 


Bridge:
Am                   E7 
No, I don't want the gold from Xanadu 
  F                       C          Am 
I think I leave it all to you, oh-oh-oh 
           G        F       C    Csus4 
This is my life and I don't care 


Verse: 3 
C          G 
This is my street (ooh) 
Am               F 
Are you restless feet 
Am                G 
Carry me on to anywhere 
C        G 
Take the fear 
Am      F 
Take it away 
Am               G        F        C   Csus4 
And give me some hope for one more day 


Verse: 4 
Am            E7 
I saw a ghost behind the door 
         F                              C 
When the kids were coming home from the war, oh-oh-oh 
            G          F       C 
With broken dreams and nothing more 
   Am              E7 
I, I heard a woman singing her song 
           F                   C 
And it was good, and warm, and strong, oh-oh-oh 
Am          G      F          C   Csus4 
She made me cry, I don't know why 


Instrumental 
C   G   Am  F  Am 
G   F   C   Csus4  C 
C   G   Am  F  Am 
G   F   C   Csus4  C 


Verse: 5 
    Am              E7 
Oh, there's a woman singing her song 
         F                       C 
And it's good, and it's warm and strong, oh-oh-oh 
Am           G      F          C 
She makes me cry, I don't know why, no, no, no 
Am              E7 
I don't want to bring you down 
   F                    C 
I think it's good to be here 
           G        F       C   Csus4  C 
This is my life and I don't care  
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante