In My Life Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays690

In My Life by Nazareth is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Em and Dm. 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 G F Em Dm G 

verse 1 
C     G            F           C     F           C       G       Em G 
In my life there's places I've seen, places I've been in my life. 
C     G            F             C     F            C      G       Em G 
In my life there's things I have done, times I have won in my life. 

 
F     C      G 
Ships I have known, 
F     Em        C   G 
Winds that have blown. 

verse 2 
C     G         F          C        F            C         G       Em G 
In my time were people who cared,     people who shared in my time, 
C                      F       C      F            C      G       F Em G 
Welcomed the good accepted the bad, enjoyed what I had in my time. 

 
F  C        G 
People I've known 
F     Em    C G 
Times on my own 

Break 
    Dm      F       C    G    Dm     F     C 
And now I'm growing old,   in memory I can hold 
G  Dm      F      C         F     C      F         G 
My picture book unfolds and I can feel myself grow cold. 

Instrumental  
C G F 
C G F 

verse 3 
G     G            F           C    F           C       G        Em G 
In my life there's times to forget, things to regret in my life, 
C             G         F           C       F            C        G       Em G 
May have done wrong but tried to do right I followed the light in my life, 

 
F       C           G 
Now the lights grow dim, 
   F        Em      C  G C G F Em Dm G 
My days are closing in 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante