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I Lived It

Blake Shelton

CountryAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

A×
F#mDiagram coming soon
D××
E
Bm×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
              
 
 
 
Intro A F#m D D  
 
Verse  
A  
Daddy drove the wheels off a flatbed Ford  
F#m  
Flies found the hole in the old screen door  
D  
Granny said the dress that my sister wore  
   D  
To church wasn't long enough  
 
A  
Momma poured grease in a Chrisco can  
      F#m  
Put a hundred thousand miles on a Sears box fan  
D  
Uncle Joe put tobacco on my hand  
           D  
Where them yellow jacket's torn me up  
    F#m                 E  
And I ain't making this up  
 
A  
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy  
F#m                         D              E  
In a different language you might not understand  
A  
Oh, that's alright  
F#m                               D             E  
That's just the kind of life that made me who I am  
                         D  
Just taking my mind on a visit  
                      A  
Back in time 'cause I miss it  
                         Bm  
You wouldn't know how to love it like I love it  
           D  
Unless you lived it  
           A  
And man, I lived it  
 
Instrumental  
F#m D D  
 
Verse  
A  
Granddaddy smoked Salems with the windows up  
F#m  
Drove me around in the back of that truck  
   D  
We drank from the hose and spit in the cup  
D  
We all survived somehow  
 
A  
Them old Duke boys, they're flattening them hills  
F#m  
Hollywood was fake, wrestling was real  
         D  
Wouldn't dream of spending that two dollar bill  
D  
From pushing a lawnmower â??round  
F#m                   E  
I go back there right now  
 
A  
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy  
F#m                         D              E  
In a different language you might not understand  
A  
Oh, that's alright  
F#m                               D             E  
That's just the kind of life that made me who I am  
                         D  
Just taking my mind on a visit  
                      A  
Back in time 'cause I miss it  
                         Bm  
You wouldn't know how to love it like I love it  
           D  
Unless you lived it  
           A         F#m  
And man, I lived it  
          D          D  
Oh man, I lived it  
 
A  
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy  
F#m                         D              E  
In a different language you might not understand  
A  
Oh, that's alright  
F#m                               D             E  
That's just the kind of life that made me who I am  
                         D  
Just taking my mind on a visit  
                      A  
Back in time 'cause I miss it  
                         Bm  
You wouldn't know how to love it like I love it  
           D  
Unless you lived it  
           A         F#m  
And man, I lived it  
          D          D  
Oh man, I lived it  
 
Outro  
A  
 
          
 

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Chord set

A · F#m · D · E · Bm

Practice tip

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