I Came Here to Live Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G][Dsus4]

[Verse 1]
[G]I grew up in
a town where tough was a cigarette
And a souped up car on
a county road
Nothin' much to do back then
So we'd make bets
On how much drink a guy could hold
[C]And I held my own
Learn to hold my [G]own[C][G]
[Dsus4][G]

[Verse 2]
Daddy works some dead- end
job at the concrete plant
Mama taught the Sunday bible [Dsus4]class
[G]For eighteen years I remember
thinkin'
There was more to life than that
So I ran the streets to beat [C]the Devil
Goin' just as fast as I could [G]fly
'Cause I came here [Am]to live[D]
I didn't come here to die
[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Mama used to wait for me
with the [G]porch light on
[Am]Worried about her little boy 'til I go[G]t home
[C]Daddy he'd say listen son
[G]But back then there wasn't [Bb]much
That I didn't [C]already know
[Am][G][C][G][Dsus4]

[Verse 4]
[G]I reckon I was doing close to 80
When I felt the tire slip
out from under [Dsus4]me
[G]And I never set[C] out lookin' for Jesus[G]
So I guess Jesus come lookin' for me
And He found me upset
[C]down in a ditch
Smokin' gas in [G]my eyes
And He said son you came
here [Am]to live[D]
You didn't come here to die
[G]

[Verse 5]
[C]Sunday morning I got up
and I [G]went to church
[Am]That summer I got a job
and I [G]went to [C]work
Met a girl in [G]town put some money down
On a [Bb]little house with a yard
[Am][G][C][G][Dsus4]

[Verse 6]
[G]Our little boy was due in September
But he came early in July
For eighteen [C]days all I
[G]remember[Gsus4][G]
Was settin' there at his side
Sayin' son open [C]up your eyes
Just open up your eye[G]s
'Cause you came here [Am]to live[D]
You didn't come here [G]to die
Son you came [Am]here to live

[Outro 1]
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