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YOUR LIFE IS NOW
JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
Tabbed by Jim Bauer ([email protected])
INTRO: (listen to recording for timing)
I—————————————-3—–|I
I—————————————-3—–|I
I———————————-0-2-0——-|I
I——2/3-2-2-2-3-3-2-0—–2/3-2————-|I
I—-5———————5——————-|I
I–3———————3——————I–| x2
verse:
G Cadd9 Dsus2
See the moon roll across the stars
G Cadd9 Dsus2
See the seasons turn like a heart
G Cadd9 Dsus2
Your Father’s Days are lost to you
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4 D
This is your time here to do what you will do
chorus:
Em Cadd9 D
Your life is now, your life is now, your life is now
Em Cadd9
In this undiscovered moment
D
Lift your head up above the crowd
Em Cadd9
We could shake this world
D
If you would only show us how
G
Your life is now
verse:
G Cadd9 Dsus2
Would you teach your children to tell the truth
G Cadd9 Dsus2
Would you take the high road if you could choose
G Cadd9 Dsus2
Do you believe you’re a victim of a great compromise
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4 D
Cause I believe you could change your mind and change our lives
😐 chorus, then to interlude
interlude: D G Em C D x2, then 😐 1/2 intro
verse:
G Cadd9 Dsus2
Would you teach your children to tell the truth
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4 D
This is your time here to do what you will do
😐 chorus x2
End on G
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STANDARD TUNING: (EADGBE)
CHORDS USED:
G = 3X0033
Cadd9 = X32033
Dsus2 = XX023X
Dsus4 = XX0233
D = XX0232
Em7 = 022033
Em = 022000
