Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs Chords

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Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs by Ricky Van Shelton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, Esus4, A, D, E7 and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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16
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  			Intro: E    Esus4    E 

Verse 
E                              
I don't know how to tell her 
A                                  E    Esus4    E 
I didn't get that raise in pay today 
      D 
And I know how much she wanted 
    A 
The dress in Baker's window 
        E              A                  E 
And it breaks my heart to see her have to wait 
A             E                 A            E 
   And cancel all the plans she made to celebrate 

 
          D                              A 
But I can count on her to take it with a smile 
           E   Esus4  E 
And not a frown,      she knows that 
                                   Esus4  E 
Life has its little ups and downs 

Like ponies on a merry go round 
E7         D                              A 
    And no one grabs the brass ring every time 
               E      Esus4  E 
But she don't mind 
            B                A 
She wears a gold ring on her finger 
                          E     Esus4  E 
And I'm so glad that it's mine 


The new house plans we've had so long 
A                                 E     Esus4   E 
I guess, will gather dust another year 
        D 
And the daffodils are bloomin' 
         A                              E  
That she planted way last fall upon the hill 
    A            E 
And over by the gate 
A            E           A                    E 
  God knows, I hate to say again, we'll have to wait 

            D                                A 
But you can bet that she will take it with a smile 
          E       Esus4   E 
And not a frown, 
                                                  Esus4  E 
she knows that life has its little ups and downs 

Like ponies on a merry go round 
E7     D                              A 
And no one grabs the brass ring every time 
              E    Esus4   E 
But she don't mind 
            B                A 
She wears a gold ring on her finger 
                          E 
And I'm so glad that it's mine 

Outro 
            B                A 
She wears a gold ring on her finger 
                          E      Esus4  E 
And I'm so glad that it's mine 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante