This Thing Called Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]
[Em][Dsus4][C]
[Dsus4][G][D]
[Em][Dsus4]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Oh,
six [D]strings, three chords, ah big [Em]dreams[Dsus4][G]
And he don't let me down
[D](he never)
When the days of rain
came (he was there)
He was [Em]there for me when I
was in pain (in pain)
Yeah [Am]I nee[Dsus4]ded a call,
he [D]was the real [Dsus4]friend
[G]Oh (got his words), he got
the words when I'm feeling low
He's like [D]a skimming stone,
like a rainbow
He's my [Em]brother when I'm down
when I'm in luck (he is)
He's my [D]brother when I'm down
(Jesus Christ) and I'm [Dsus4]out of luck
[C]You kno[Dsus4]w it's only lo[G]ve so let's come[D]
together (let's come together)
A little re[Em]demptive pleasure (redemptive pleasure),
hm [Dsus4]hm

[Verse 2]
Let's [Dsus4]do this thing called life,[G]
(let's do this thing)
Oh let's [D]try, (let's try again)
Oh let's [Em]try ([Dsus4]let's try)
Let's do this thing called [G]life
(let's do this thing)
Hm let's [D]try (let's try
again, let's try again)
Oh let's [Em]try (let's try)
[Dsus4]

[Verse 3]
[G]
Don't have to swim with the tide
[D](fishes)
Swim against the tide and find
some hand to hold
[Em]Find somebody to show the light
(lost in music)
[Dsus4]Oh they're out there in the matrix
tonight [G](All these years)
Oh man I've seen so many pages
of stor[D]ies (the blues never ends)
That have drifted down rivers
[Em]And the paper, yeah gets lost in the sea,[Dsus4]
in the oceans
Oh Lord I'm [G]a giver
Oh, it's just [D]a feeling
(it's just a feeling)
It's just a [Em]feeling (it's just
[Dsus4]a feeling)

[Verse 4]
Let's [Dsus4]do this thing called life[G]
(let's do this thing called life)
Oh let's [D]try, (let's try again)
Oh let's [Em]try ([Dsus4]let's try)
Let's do this thing called [G]life,
(let's do this thing)
Hm let's [D]try, (let's try again,
let's [Em]try [Dsus4]again)
Oh let's try (let's try)
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D]
[Em][Dsus4]

[Verse 5]
You gotta [G]learn to swim
against the tide
You gotta [D]learn to drop your foolish pride
You gotta [Em]learn to know these
things they're dust
You gotta [Dsus4]learn that
misdeeds [D]only [C]rust.
You gotta [G]learn the chains can open
up (these genes survive)
[D]And environment can fuck
you up (the eyes)
You gotta [Em]learn that drugs don't
really work (more music)
[Dsus4]Unless you know the ones that hurt
[G]Oh babe let's do it again (please baby)
I wanna [D]put the record [Bm]on and li[D]ve
it again (live it again)
I wanna [Em]rewind the tape,
turn off the clocks
This is [Dsus4]life now, undo my locks

[Verse 6]
Let's do [Dsus4]this thin[D]g called [C]life[G]
(let's do this thing)
Oh let's [D]try, (let's try it again)
Oh let's [Em]try (oh-oh oh-oh let's
[Dsus4]try)
Let's do this thing called [G]life
(I now you feel the pain)
[D]Oh let's try,
(I know you feel the strain)
Oh let's [Em]try ([Dsus4]let's fly)
She's my [G]brother, my mother,
My [D]sister, my mother,
my [Em]father, ooh-ooh-aah
She's [Dsus4]She's She[C]'s my brothe[G]r,
my sister,
My [D]father, my father, my mother,
[Em]o-ooh-ooh
(Free me me now, please free me now,
please hear me now)
Come [Dsus4]on

[Verse 7]
Let's [Dsus4]do this thing called life,[G]
(yeah)
Oh let's [D]try,
oh let's [Em]try (let's try)
[Dsus4](She's my [D]bro[Dsus4]ther,
[G]my mother, [D]my sister,
My mother, my father[Em],
[Dsus4]my mother)
Let's do this [D]thing [Dsus4]called li[G]fe,
oh let's [D]try
Ooh let's try [Em](let's try again,
[Dsus4]let's try again)
(She's my brother, my sister,
my mother, my [C]father, [G]my brother)
Free me, yeah free me again,
[D]oh heal me again, free me, yeah heal me
Yeah free me, baby heal me, now free
me, now heal me [Em]baby
[Dsus4](She's my brother, my sister,
my [C]father, [G]my mother, oh-oh-oh)
Free me, now heal [D]me, now free me,
now heal me, now free me, now heal me
Now free me, now heal me, now free me, now heal me,
now [Em]free me, yeah heal me
Now free me, now heal me, yeah free me,
yeah [Dsus4]heal me
Let's do this thing called life