Lifegoeson chords – Noah And The Whale V9

                L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N - Noah and the Whale

Thanks for the other couple of versions on the site but they're not quite right to my
ear, I think this sounds best:

Comments welcome

Standard Tuning

CAPO 3  and played in D relative to Capo  (Actual Key is E maj)

Standard  open chord shapes except the G sounds best played as G(add 5) every time ( ie
with a D played on 3rd fret 2nd string)


INTRO:    D ,  G (add 5) -  Play 4 times


             D G (add 5)
VERSE 1:   Lisa likes brandy and the way it hits her lips,
                     D G 
           She's a rock 'n' roll survivor with pendulum hips,
                       D G 
           She's got deep brown eyes
                             D G 
           That've seen it all.

             D G 
VERSE 2:   Working at a nightclub that was called The Avenue
                 D G 
           The barmen used to call her "Little Lisa Looney Tunes"
                      D G D G 
           She went down            on almost anyone
.


                       Em A 
PRECHORUS:   From the hard time living 'til the Chelsea days,
                           Em A 
            From when her hair was sweet blonde 'til the day it turned grey
            she said



CHORUS:       D G 
            L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
                    A G 
           You’ve got more than money and sense, my friend
                     D G A 
           You  got heart  and you’re goin’ your own way.
             D G 
            L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
                      A G 
           What you don't have now will come back again
                      D G A G 
           You  got heart  and you’re goin’  your own way.

         then play  D   G  4 times

VERSE 3:          D G 
           Some people wear their history like a map on their face,
                D G 
           And Joey was an artist just living outta case,
                     D G D G 
           But his best work was his letters home.





VERSE 4:        D G 
            Extended  works of fiction about imaginary success,
                  D G 
            The chorus girls in neon were his closest things to friends,
                        D G D G 
            But to a writer -  the truth is no big deal.



PRECHORUS:                  Em A 
             And from the hard time living to the sleepless nights,
                       Em A 

                         .            And the black and blue body from the weekend 
fights  he’d say


Rpt CHORUS




                     Bm G D A 
BRIDGE:       On my last night on earth, I want  to look to the sky
                        Bm G D A 
                 Just breathe in the air and blink in the light
                         Bm G D A 
                 On my last night on earth, I'll pay a high price
                      Bm G D A 
                 To have no regrets and be done with my life


RPT CHORUS TWICE, then  D  G   x 8 and end on D

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