Amy Macdonald-This is the Life - BPM - 190
[BPM 192 - Intro]C#m - No drums - Only lay down your fingers on the strings
and mute them - whilst strumming
(Drums in)
C#m, A, E, G#m
[Verse 1]
Oh the
[C#m] wind whistles down On the
[A] cold dark street tonight And the
[E] people they are dancing ......
[G#m] to the music vibe And the
[C#m] boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair While the
[A] shy tormented youth sit way over there And the
[E] songs they get louder Each one better than be
[G#m] fore
[Chorus]
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
[Solo - Emaj is as per Go Your Own Way]
Rhythm for notes is on, on, on on,off,off
[C#m] [A] [E] [G#m]
E -4-4-4-----0-0-0-----4-4-4----4--------------
B -5-4-5-----5-5-5-----5-7-5----4---------------
G -6-6-6-x2--6-8-6-x2--4-4-4-x2-4----------------
D -6-6-6-----7-7-7-----X-X-X----6---------------
A -4-4-4-----0-0-0-----7-7-7----6---------------
E ---------------------0-0-0----4---------------
[Verse 2]
So you're
[C#m] heading down the road in your taxi for four And you're
[A] waiting outside Jimmy's front door But
[E] nobody's in and nobody's home 'til
[G#m] four ..... So you're
[C#m] sitting there with nothing to do Talking a
[A] bout Robert Riger and his motley crew And
[E] where you're gonna go and where you're gonna sleep to
[G#m] night
[Chorus]
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
[Solo x 2 - C#m A E G#m]
[Chorus - First one quiet - Drums stopk just strum]
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
(Drums back in)
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
[Chorus]
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
And you're singing the
[C#m] songs Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the
[A] morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
[E] Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to
[G#m] night?
Where you gonna sleep to ........... [C#m] night [End]