One of Those Lives Brad Paisley
Beautiful song, great message. Play it with the people you care about.
Standard tuning, no capo.
The main chords in the progression are listed but the piano plays those Bruce Hornsby chords
thru most of the song. If you play the E as Esus-E and the A as Asus4-A, you can mimmick these
pretty well on guitar. Play the E and A as you normally would and use your pinky to play the G string
3rd fret and B string 3rd fret respectively. It's a bit tougher over the C#m but you can play
them straight along with the A in that pattern and break things up a bit.
The bass does a few walk downs in the chorus (in parentheses) that might lead you astray, but hold the chords
and let the bass have it's moment :)
Esus 022300
E 022100
Asus4 X02230
A X02220
Intro
[Esus] [E] [Asus4] [A] [Esus] [E] [Asus4] [A]
[E]Rush hour traffic
[A]Always puts me in a bad mood
[E]I got chewed out by the boss today
[A]And now I'm stuck on highway 92
[C#m]Then you call me on my cell phone
[A]While I'm cussin' at a Cadillac
[C#m]You say remember Tom an Janie's little boy, well
[A]The doctors say the cancer's back
Chorus:
[A]Man. it"s been one of those [E]days
[A]When I've been thinkin poor [E]me
[A]I've got no right to com[E]plain I [(Eb)]guess
[C#m]Cause when I look around I [B]see
[A]Is a little angel in a y[E]ankees cap
[A]It makes me rea[C#m]lize[(B)]
[A]It's just been one of those d[E]ays for me
But for [C#m]him, it's been [B]one of those [A]lives
[E]Everybody under my roof
[A]Is healthy, knock on wood
[E]Aw but I sure do sweat the small stuff
[A]I Don't thank god as much as I should
[C#m]Tonight I'm thinkin about Tommy and Janie and
how [A]they spent the last 4 years
[C#m]All those extended stays in memphis
All the[A] sleepless nights, the prayers, the tears
Chorus
[A]Man its just been one of those [E]days
[A]When I've been thinkin poor [E]me
[A]I've got no right to comp[E]lain I [(Eb)]guess
[C#m]Cause right now all I can [B]see is
[A]That family moving back into [E]Target house
[A]It makes me rea[C#m]lize[(B)]
[A]It's just been one of those [E]days for me
But for [C#m]them, it's been [B]one of those [A]lives
[Esus] [E] [Asus4] [A] [Esus] [E] [Asus4] [A]
Chorus
And So, [A]it's been one of those [E]days
W[A]hen I let things get to [E]me
[A]I've got no Right to com[E]plain
'C[(Eb)]ause when I lo[C#m]ok around I see[B]
[A]Folks fighting for [E]every breath
[A]It makes me rea[C#m]lize[(B)]
[A]It's just been one of those days for [E]me
But for [C#m]them, it's been [B]one of those [A]lives
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