Tuning: half step down (low to high) - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
One of my students wanted to learn this song and I could not find chords anywhere, so I figured it out.
This is actually a 2 guitar part song, where the two guitars play separate parts. This version is arranged
for one guitar.
Chords used:
Em7 G Cadd9 D/F# Cmaj7 Em C
Eb|--3--|--3--|--3--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--0--|
Bb|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|--0--|--1--|
Gb|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|--5--|--0--|--0--|
Db|--2--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--5--|--2--|--2--|
Ab|--2--|--2--|--3--|-----|--3--|--2--|--3--|
Eb|--0--|--3--|-----|--2--|-----|--0--|-----|
Intro:
| Em7 | G | Cadd9 | G | x2
Em7 Cadd9 G
And sometimes, the most beautiful
Em7 Cadd9 G Em7
pain in life is the kind you can't disguise or hide.
Em7 Cadd9 G
And the hard truth about life. If I'm not
Em7
Allowed to give up on mine,
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
You are not allowed to not even try.
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
One day at a time, you'll have to remake
G D/F#
The same decision as the one I made last night.
Em7 G Cadd9 G
You and I have already started to die.
Em7 G Cadd9 G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
Em7 G Cadd9 G
And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
Em7 G Cadd9 G
But for the record I've found the reason for mine.
Em7 Cadd9 G
And sometimes, we need to find a
Em7 Cadd9 G
Reason for the pain in our own lives. Oh, and
Em7 Cadd9 G
Mine was you and I promise this song is a place for the truth.
Em7 Cadd9 G Cadd9
We can't keep hiding and hurting. I know I've tried to.
G Em7 D/F# Cadd9
One day at a time, we just might have to remake
G D/F#
The decision every day for the rest of life.
Em7 G Cadd9 G
You and I have already started to die.
Em7 G Cadd9 G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
Em7 G Cadd9 G
And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
Em7 G Cadd9 G Cmaj7
But for the record I've finally found the reason for mine.
Em D/F# C
And for the record, I'm in California still writing one
Em D/F# C
Day at a time. And for the record,
Em D/F# C
I refuse to be ashamed of all my scars.
Em D/F#
You and I are both the same.
(switch to finger-picking)
| Em7 | G | C | C |
Eb|------------10--|-------------10--|-----------------|---------------|
Bb|------8--------8|-------8--------8|-------1-----0---|------1-----0--|
Gb|--0-----0-------|--0------0-------|---0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0|
Db|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Ab|7---7-----7-----|10--10-----10----|-3---3-----3-----|3---3-----3----|
Eb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
(continue finger-picking in the same pattern)
Em7 G C
We've already cheated death so many times.
(electric guitars kick in, palm muted versions of the same chords)
Em7 G C G
If we're going to die, why not cheat it again tonight?
Em G Cadd9 G
You and I have already started to die.
Em G Cadd9 G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
Em G Cadd9 G
And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
Em G Cadd9 G
But for the record I've found the reason for mine.
| Em | G | Cadd9 | G | x2
Solo (with slide):
Eb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Bb|8/|-17-------17\|-15-----------15\|-13-----------13\|-12---(12\)--8/|
Gb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Db|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Ab|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Eb|--|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Eb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Bb|-17----------17\|-15-----------15\|-13-----------13\|-12---(12\)----|
Gb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Db|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Ab|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Eb|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm guitars repeat the same 4 chords two more times behind solo, end on Em
