Live While You Can Chords

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Live While You Can by Pennywise is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Em, C, G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
Em C G Am Em C G D (x2) 

verse 1 
Em          C          G 
  One day I met an old man 
   Am      Em C G D Em 
he said to me         "You 
      C              G 
gotta live while you can 
        Am      Em   C G D 
son you gotta believe 

verse 2 
Em                  C 
  Cause when you're old 
    G          Am 
and dying it's no fun 
    Em C G D Em 
for you        You gotta 
C              G 
live while you can until 
     Am           Em     C G D 
your days are all through 

C             D 
  And I don't know why 
    Em 
the cold wind blows 
   C        D 
Man I don't know about 
Em           C 
all I've read I just 
D             Em 
know that our days are 
            C 
numbered And this is 
        D 
what he said I got a 
Em        C 
time bomb ticking in 
   G    Am 
my head ticking in my 
Em  C G D        Em 
head     I got a time 
     C             G 
bomb ticking in my head 
Am            Em  C G D 
ticking in my head 

Instrumental 
Em C G Am Em C G D  x2 

verse 3 
Em          C           G 
  One day I met a young man 
            Am        Em C G D 
he said Get out of my way 
Em              C         G 
  I've got some living to do 
               Am        Em C G D 
and there's no time to delay 

verse 4 
Em                  C 
  Cause when you're old 
    G          Am 
and dying it's no fun 
    Em C G D Em 
for you        You gotta 
C              G 
live while you can until 
     Am           Em     C G D 
your days are all through 

C             D 
  And I don't know why 
    Em 
the cold wind blows 
   C        D 
Man I don't know about 
Em           C 
all I've read I just 
D             Em 
know that our days are 
            C 
numbered And this is 
        D 
what he said "I got a 
Em        C 
time bomb ticking in 
   G    Am 
my head ticking in my 
Em  C G D        Em 
head     I got a time 
     C             G 
bomb ticking in my head 
Am            Em  C G D 
ticking in my head 
        Em 
I got a time bomb 
C 
ticking in 
   G    Am 
my head ticking in my 
Em  C G D        Em 
head     I got a time 
     C             G 
bomb ticking in my head 
Am            Em  C G 
ticking in my head 
   D 
So let's go 

Instrumental 
Em C G Am Em C G D  x2 

C             D 
  And I don't know why 
    Em 
the cold wind blows 
   C        D 
Man I don't know about 
Em           C 
all I've read I just 
D             Em 
know that our days are 
            C 
numbered And this is 
        D 
what he said "I got a 
Em        C 
time bomb ticking in 
   G    Am 
my head ticking in my 
Em  C G D        Em 
head     I got a time 
     C             G 
bomb ticking in my head 
Am            Em  C G D 
ticking in my head 
        Em 
I got a time bomb 
C 
ticking in 
   G    Am 
my head ticking in my 
Em  C G D        Em 
head     I got a time 
     C             G 
bomb ticking in my head 
Am            Em  C G 
ticking in my head 
     D             Em 
just ticking in my head 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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