Live It Well Chords

KeyC Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

Live It Well by Switchfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, G, Asus4/7, Em and D/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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Intro: C G Asus4/7 Em 

     C G                      D/E Em 
Yeah    (I wanna live it well) 
          C G                      D/E Em 
Yeah, yeah   (I wanna live it well)    Yeah 

C         G              D/E Em 
 Take the burden from my arms 
C         G              D/E Em 
 Take the anchors off my lungs 
C        G     D/E          Em 
 Take me broken and make me one 
C          G                     D/E 
 Break the silence and make it a song 

C        G                      D/E       Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, one life, one story to tell 
C        G                      D/E                  Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for 
C       G                  D/E                       Em 
 Awaken all my soul, every breath that you take is a miracle 
C        G                      D/E   Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah 

         C                G                D/E 
 I wanna sing with all my heart a lifelong song 
         C                   G                       D/E  Em 
 Even if some notes come out right and some come out wrong 
         C                  G 
 Cause I can't take none of that through the door 
           D/E                  Em 
 Yeah, I'm living for more than just a funeral 
C        G                      D/E 
 I wanna burn brighter than the dawn 

C        G                      D/E       Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, one life, one story to tell 
C        G                      D/E                  Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for 
C       G                  D/E                       Em 
 Awaken all my soul, every breath that you take is a miracle 
C        G                      D/E   Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah 

      C   G        D/E Em 
I got one life and one love 
      C   G                D/E     Em 
I got one voice, but maybe that's enough 
           C   G                 D/E      Em 
Cause with one heartbeat and two hands to give 
      C   G            D/E     Em 
I got one shot and one life to live 
                 C G D/E Em C G 
One life to live, yeah 
          D/E 
And every breath you take is a miracle 

C        G                      D/E       Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, one life, one story to tell 
C        G                      D/E                  Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for 
C       G                  D/E                       Em 
 Awaken all my soul, every breath that you take is a miracle 
C        G                      D/E                  Em 
 Life is short; I wanna live it well, and you're the one I'm living for 
 C   G                          D/E Em 
(One life) One life, one love, (one love) one life, one love 
 C   G                           D/E     Em 
(One voice) One voice, yeah (And that's enough) And that's enough, oh 
 C        G         D/E      Em 
(One heartbeat, two hands to give) 
      C   G            D/E     Em                C 
I got one shot and one life to live, one life to live 
    	

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