The Life keyboard

The Life

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Artist: Kenny Chesney
Song: The Life 
Album: Lucky Old Sun
Tabbed By: Mitch32789
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: I
Chords Used: E,Asus2, Bsus2

Strumming: A bit of a slap is used throughout most of the song, such that: 
Ed,Eu,slap,Ed,Eu,Ed,Asus2d,Asus2u,slap,Asus2d,Asus2u,Asus2d,Bsus2d,Bsus2u,slap,
Bsus2d,Bsus2u,Bsus2u

Strum:d=down,u=up

Intro:

E,E,E,E,E,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,
Bsus2,Bsus2,E,E,E

(Verse I) 

E     
It was early one mornin’ 

Asus2
Playa del Carmen 

Bsus2                    E
That’s when I first met Jose
 
E
He had a 12 foot Schooner
 
Asus2
A 3 foot cooler

Bsus2                  E
Full of the catch of the day

E
And he was wrinkled from grinnin’

Asus2 
From all of the sun he had been in

       Bsus2               E
He was barefoot, cerveza in hand

E                        Asus2
He said “Gracias senor”, when I paid him too much for

Bsus2                E
All of the Snapper he had

Asus2                             E 
Now I told him my friend it ain’t nothin’

       Bsus2                 E
In the best broken Spanish I knew 

         Asus2
I said I make a good livin’

      E 
Back home where I’m from

   Bsus2        (NC)
He smiled and said Amigo me too 


(Chorus)
          E          Asus2
He said I fish and I play my guitar

Bsus2                     E
I laugh at the bar with my friends

E 
I go home to my wife
 
Asus2
I pray every night

Bsus2 
I can do it all over again


Instrumental:
E,E,E,E,E,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,
Bsus2,Bsus2,E,E,E 


(Verse II)
 
E
Somewhere over Texas 

Asus2
I thought of my Lexus
 
Bsus2                      E
And all the stuff I work so hard for

E 
And all the things that I’ve gathered

Asus2 
From climbing that ladder

Bsus2                  E
Didn’t make much sense anymore 

Asus2                               E
They say my nest egg ain’t ready to hatch yet

Bsus2                          E 
They keep holding my feet to the fire 

Asus2
They call it paying the price

        E
So that one day in life 

     Bsus2    (NC)   
I’ll have what I need to retire 


(Chorus)
 
         E         Asus2
And just fish, and play my guitar,

Bsus2                   E
Laugh at the bar with my friends,

E 
Go home to my wife
 
Asus2
And pray every night,

Bsus2               E
I can do it all over again


(Bridge)
 
       Fm                         E                    Asus2  E              
And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made

         Fm                       E   Asus2
When the truth is I’m really just dying 

             Bsus2  
To live like Jose 


(Chorus)
Single Downward Strums

(NC)     E
And just fish
 
Asus2
Play my guitar

Bsus2                  E 
Laugh at the bar with my friends 

E
Go home to my wife 

Asus2
Pray every night 

Bsus2              E
I can do it all over again 


Instrumental:
E,E,E,E,E,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Asus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,Bsus2,
Bsus2,Bsus2,E,E,E until end.


Wouldn’t that be the life?
 
Wouldn’t that be the life? 

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