Life On Earth Chords

KeyA Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays578

Life On Earth by Snow Patrol is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro 
A  Em  G  A 
A  Em  G  A 


verse 1 
    A                           Em 
The first snow, first winter of my life 
       G                         A 
I was told it was the height of me 
    A                                    Em 
The first dance, well the first one that counted 
              G                              A 
Felt like my blood was built from crackling lights 

A                Em 
Oh this ancient wildness 
     G               A 
That we don't understand 
    A                  Em 
The first sound of a heartbeat 
   G              A 
To riots roaring on 


A                               Em 
This is not a love you've had before 
                       G                       A 
This is something else, this is something else 
A                              Em 
This is not the same as other days 
                       G                       A 
This is something else, this is something else 

   A                               Em 
It shouldn't need to be so fucking hard 
                      G                        A 
This is life on earth, it's just life on earth 
   A                                Em 
It doesn't need to be the end of you, or me 
                      G                        A 
This is life on earth, it's just life on earth 
A  Em   G  A 


verse 2 
    A                               Em 
The first light, first light on the silent shore 
          G                        A 
Just the ships that anchor me and you 
    A                            Em 
The way home, this is always the way home 
            G                          A 
So you can rip that map to shreds, my dear 

    A            Em 
But all we ever wanted 
     G                     A 
Seem miles and miles from here 
       A                Em 
In the first days in a strange new land 
G                A 
We could be set oars 


A                               Em 
This is not a love you've had before 
                       G                       A 
This is something else, this is something else 
A                              Em 
This is not the same as other days 
                       G                       A 
This is something else, this is something else 

   A                               Em 
It shouldn't need to be so fucking hard 
                      G                        A 
This is life on earth, it's just life on earth 
   A                                Em 
It doesn't need to be the end of you, or me 
                      G                        A 
This is life on earth, it's just life on earth 
A  Em   G  A 
A  Em   G  A 


 
   A                               Em 
It shouldn't need to be so fucking hard 
                      G                        A 
This is life on earth, it's just life on earth 
   A                                Em 
It doesn't need to be the end of you, or me 
                      G                        A 
This is life on earth, it's just life on earth  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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