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Life Or Love

Alan Jackson

CountryMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

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

G○○○
F#Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
C×○○
D××○
A7×○○○
BDiagram coming soon
A×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              By Alan Jackson 
 
 
G          G/F#        Em 
I tried to stay on the straight and narrow 
C                         G         D 
But I've walked a crooked path 
G             G/F#   Em 
And I've felt worthy of forgiveness 
A7                     D 
And deservin' heaven's wrath 
C                      B 
Right on the money and off by a mile 
Em                   A 
Ahead of my time and way out of style 
 
 
        C       G 
But I'm hangin' tough 
C             G  
I ain't had enough 
  C            G 
I ain't givin' up 
   D       G     G/F#  Em  C  D 
On life or love 
 
Well I try to stay away from the bottle 
But I've reached out for the glass 
I try to pull back on the throttle 
But I still run out of gas 
I've been an angel, but never a saint 
Hung with the devil, don't nobody faint 
But I'm hangin' tough, I ain't had enough 
I ain't givin' up on life or love 
 
 
Bridge: 
C                      B 
Yesterday's history, today is a chance 
Em                        A 
Tomorrow is a mystery, so I'm makin' plans to keep 
 
Chorus

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Chord set

G · F# · Em · C · D · A7 · B · A

Practice tip

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