e-------------------------------3-------2-------2----------|
b---------------1-------1-------3---------------3----------|
g---------------2-----------------------2-------2----------|
d-------2-------2-------2---------------1------------------|
a-------2---------------3-------2-------2------------------|
e-------------------------------3--------------------------|
| Optional variations/additions to those chords: |
e-------3------(3)-----(3)------7---------------------------------------|
b-------3-------1(3)----1-------7-------4-----------------------3-------|
g---------------2---------------8-------4-----------------------2-------|
d-------2-------2-------2-------9-------4---------------4---------------|
a-------2---------------3-------9-------2---------------4---------------|
e-------------------------------7---------------2-------2-------2-------|
| Chords for the 2nd and 3rd Verses! |
| *** Note the hammer-ons... He does repeatedly for the Em and Am chords in both the |
| verse and chorus (mostly in the verse). You can figure out the strumming on your own |
e------------------------------------------|
b---------------0h1-----1-------0h1--------|
g---------------2-------0h2-----0h2--------|
d-------0h2-----2-------0h2-----0h2--------|
a-------0h2--------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------|
| VERSE 1 (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming) |
| | Em |
| It takes a crane to build a | crane |
| | Am |
| It takes two floors to make a | story
|
| It takes an egg to make a hen
|
| | C |
| It takes a hen to make an | egg
|
| | G | Bm |
| There is no end to what I'm | saying |
|
| | Em |
| It takes a thought to make a | word
|
| | Am |
| And it takes some word to make an | action
|
| | C |
| And It takes some work to make it | work
|
| | C |
| It takes some good to make it | hurt
|
| | G | Bm |
| It takes some bad for | satisfaction |
|
| CHORUS (Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming)
|
| | Em | Am |
| | La la la la la la la | life is wonderful
|
| | D | G | F# |
| | | | -( optional transition into the Em chord)
|
| Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
|
| | Em | Am |
| | Ah la la la la la la | life is wonderful
|
| | Em |
| It takes a night to make it | dawn
|
| | Am |
| And it takes a day to make you | yawn brother
|
| | C |
| It takes some old to make you | young
|
| | C |
| It takes some cold to know the | sun
|
| | G | B |
| It takes the one to have the | other |
|
(-----This is where the drums would come in------)
| | Em |
| And It takes no time to fall in | love
|
| | Am |
| But it takes you years to know what | love is
|
| | C |
| And It takes some fears to make you | trust
|
| | C |
| It takes those tears to make it | rust
|
| | G | B |
| It takes the dust to have it | polished |
|
| | Em | Am |
| | Ha la la la la la la | life is wonderful
|
| Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
|
| | Em | Am |
| | Ah la la la la la la | life is wonderful
|
| | D | Em |
| | | (keep playing this chord until next verse)
|
| Ah la la la la la la life is so...
|
| Just keep playing variations of that Em chord (that you just ended on - from Chorus 2)
|
| | Em |
| It takes some silence to make | sound
|
| | Am |
| And It takes a loss before you | found it
|
| | C |
| And It takes a road to go | nowhere
|
| | C |
| It takes a toll to make you | care
|
| | G | B |
| It takes a hole to make a | mountain |
|
| | Em | Am |
| | Ah la la la la la la | life is wonderful
|
| Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
|
| | Em | Am |
| | Ah la la la la la la | life is wonderful
|
| Ah la la la la la la love is meaningful
|
| | Em | Am |
| | Ah la la la la la la | life is wonderful
|
| | D | D |
| | Ah la la la la la | la...
|
| Em (like the Bridge - just keep playing this chord until the end)
|
| Let me know if you have any comments, questions, or requests! =)
|
| p.s. - I hope the format is okay (Stupid ASCII stuff).
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| | This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation |
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| | of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, |
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