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
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F
D
F#Diagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
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.