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Half A Life

Bayside

RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

EbDiagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
F
D××
F#Diagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro 
Eb Gm  x2 
 
 
 Verse 1:
          Eb 
I've been meaning to ask you 
    Gm 
How life looks from the nose bleed 
          Cm            Bb 
seats And to ask how it feels 
              F 
to bleed Your life is a waste 
        Eb 
And the way that I'll ask it 
          Gm 
Will have revenge woven throughout 
            Cm 
But will be masked with the concern 
       Bb 
that a friend would bring 
       F 
You're so incomplete 
 
 
Instrumental 
Eb Gm  x2 
 
 
Verse 2:
       Eb 
Hold a mirror to show 
just what you've become 
              Gm 
And read your diary to figure 
out where things went wrong 
Cm 
I don't think I'll ever 
Bb               F 
understand How a cowardly cat 
can call himself a man 
 
 
Pre-Chorus
Gm 
You're all show and 
     F 
it's getting old 
Gm 
You're all show and 
     F          D/F# 
it's getting old 
 
 
 
Gm           F 
  As for the rest of us 
         Eb 
We'll do fine with what 
                   D 
we have Making the best 
           D/F# Gm 
of what is left And 
         F 
you're a naysayer 
         Eb 
Who will never know 
what it's like 
   D 
To really have 
D/F# 
half a life 
 
 
 
Eb Gm 
 
 
Verse 3:
          Eb 
I've been meaning to harm 
       Gm 
you In the best way that 
              Cm 
I see fit I'm not sure 
        Bb 
if this did the trick 
      F 
But I think It did 
       Eb 
Hold a mirror to show 
just what you've become 
              Gm 
And read your eulogy to 
figure out where things 
          Cm 
went wrong  I hope one 
        Bb 
day you understand that 
  F 
A girl on your arm won't 
make you a man 
 
 
Pre-Chorus
Gm 
You're all show and 
     F 
it's getting old 
Gm 
You're all show and 
     F          D/F# 
it's getting old 
 
 
 
Gm           F 
  As for the rest of us 
         Eb 
We'll do fine with what 
                   D 
we have Making the best 
           D/F# Gm 
of what is left And 
         F 
you're a naysayer 
         Eb 
Who will never know 
what it's like 
   D 
To really have 
D/F# 
half a life 
 
Verse 2:
 
Cm             F 
  Keep walking down your 
Bb      Ab     Gm 
shallow lonely road 
     Eb 
It's dark and cold and 
     F 
it's yours and yours alone 
 
 
Guitar Solo 
Bb Eb F Gm Eb  x4 
 
Verse 4:
 
Bb Eb     F           Gm 
   If you dig too deep  are you 
              Eb 
scared you'll find something? 
Bb Eb       F 
  Spoonfuls of shit will surely 
Gm     Eb            Bb 
add up Inside you're begging 
Eb  F          Gm   Eb 
for a cure for your disease 
               Bb    Eb 
Your life is a crime scene 
F      Gm            Eb 
and it won't help to blame me 
 
 
 
Gm           F 
  As for the rest of us 
         Eb 
We'll do fine with what 
                   D 
we have Making the best 
           D/F# Gm 
of what is left And 
         F 
you're a naysayer 
         Eb 
Who will never know 
what it's like 
   D 
To really have 
D/F#       Gm 
half a life 
          
 

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Chord set

Eb · Gm · Cm · Bb · F · D · F# · Ab

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.