SONG: LIFE GOT IN THE WAY
TABBED BY: DANIEL CUELLAR
KEY: F MAJOR (F G A Bb C D E)
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CHORDS
E–0–1—–0—–0—1—1–3–0—1–
B–1–1—–3—–1—3—1–3–1—3–
G–0–0—–0—–0—3—2–0–2—2–
D–2–2—–2—–2—3—3–0–2—0–
A–3–3—–3—–3—1—3–2–0——
E—————–3——-1–3———
C F6 Cadd9 C/G Bb F G Am Dm
FOR VERSES
(Guitar 1 Strums chords (Quick Triplets: down, up, down)
(Guitar 2 Alternating downstrums (C, F6, C, Cadd9) when Guitar 1 plays C/G)
VERSE 1
C/G
We knew it all from a little thing
It was everything in our first minute
And it took us to another place
Yeah another place and we fell in it
PRE-CHORUS 1 (Guitar 2: Palm-muted)
Bb F
How dare you not remember
C/G
How dare you walk away
VERSE 2
C/G
We adored every little thing
Every little thing would leave us breathless
Every dawn spelled another day
And in another day we weren’t so restless
PRE-CHORUS 2 (Guitar 2: Palm-muted)
Bb F
How dare you not remember
G
How dare you walk away
CHORUS
F
And I wanted you so much
G
Just like I do right now
Am G F
I wanted us to be the one the poets write their books about
Dm
I wanted it to last
F C
I wanted to grow old, but life got in the way
VERSE 3
C/G
We walked around in a heavy haze
We were stuck in days of so much warring
We got lost in a tricky maze
Yeah a tricky maze that was so scarring
PRE-CHORUS 3 (Guitar 2: Palm-muted)
Bb F
How come you can’t remember
C/G
How dare you walk away
VERSE 4
C/G
Then you start to add the little things
Add the little things and trip the mighty
Now we got a little bitter thing
A little bitter thing that grew like ivy
PRE-CHORUS 4 (Guitar 2: Palm-muted)
Bb F
And how dare you not remember
G
How dare you walk away
CHORUS
F
And I wanted you so much
G
Just like I do right now
Am G F
I wanted us to be the one the poets write their books about
Dm
I wanted it to last
F C
I wanted to grow old, but life got in the way
BRIDGE
Am G F C
And apathy grows quietly where rapture used to fly
Am G Dm
And promises and certainty have left love here to die
F G C/G
Won’t you stay and don’t let this one fall away
OUTRO CHORUS
F
And I wanted you so much
G
Just like I do right now
Am G F
I wanted us to be the one the poets write their books about
Dm
I wanted it to last
F C
I wanted to grow old, but life got in the way
F
And I wanted you so much
G
Just like I do right now
Am G F
I wanted us to be the one the poets write their books about
Dm
I wanted it to last
F C
I wanted to grow old, but life got in the way
Am, G, C, Am F C G F Am C/G
Yeah well life got in the way
