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Oh What A Life

American Authors

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

G
C×
Em
D××
F#mDiagram coming soon
A×
Bm×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro:  G   C G Em D G 
 
Verse: 
            G               G 
There was snow, There was snow 
                C         G 
Stretched for miles and more 
           Em               D          G 
Where we buried, where we buried our souls 
 
 
       G          G 
Oh I long, Oh I long 
          C             G 
For them days left and gone 
           Em                D                   G 
Where we sang and where we danced to a brighter song 
 
 
     Em         D                  F#m                Em         A 
But now I look upon a field with bodies stretched out and I feel nothing 
       Em                D            G              D           A 
But something's burning in my soul I let it lose control and I'm in, Oh God I've sinned 
 
 
D                   D 
But I tried so hard, and we tried so hard 
D                         D 
And it's a long long road, that you told me so 
D                    D 
Yeah I tried so hard, to forget where we are 
D 
And all we do is laugh and we sing 
 
 
 
D     G   D  Bm A  G 
Ohh ohh ohhhhh 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed oh, and we cried and thought oh, what a life 
D     G   D  Bm A  G 
Ohh ohh ohhhhh 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed oh, and we cried and thought oh, what a life 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed, and we cried and thought oh, what a life 
 
 
D                   D 
But I tried so hard, but we killed our hearts 
D              D 
In valleys low, I hear the trumpets blow 
D                     D 
Yeah, I tried so hard, yet I'm lost and scarred 
D 
And I'm filled with regret yet I sing 
 
 
D     G   D  Bm A  G 
Ohh ohh ohhhhh 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed oh, and we cried and thought oh, what a life. 
D     G   D  Bm A  G 
Ohh ohh ohhhhh 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed oh, and we cried and thought oh, what a life. 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed, and we cried and thought oh, what a life. 
 
 
D   G  D  Bm  A  G  D 
 
D   G  D  Bm  A  G  D 
 
 
D     G   D  Bm A  G 
Ohh ohh ohhhhh 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed oh, and we cried and thought oh, what a life. 
D     G   D  Bm A  G 
Ohh ohh ohhhhh 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed oh, and we cried and thought oh, what a life. 
          Bm                A               G 
And we laughed, and we cried and thought oh, what a life. 
 
 
Outro:  G    C  G  Em  D  G 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · Em · D · F#m · A · Bm

Practice tip

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