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High Life

Brad Paisley

CountryMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

C×
G
F
Dm××
Am×

Chords & lyrics

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              HIGH LIFE - BRAD PAISLEY 
Tabbed by Kyle K 
 
C 
I CAN STILL REMEMBER WHEN  
                     G 
GRANDPA DIED AND OUR SHIP CAME IN 
                   F 
DADDY SAID HE LEFT MOMMA AND HIM 
     Dm                   G 
MORE MONEY THAN WE?D EVER SEEN 
 
C           
AND JUST LIKE THAT 
        F 
WE WERE THOUSANDAIRES  
      C 
HAD A BRAND NEW BOAT 
    G  
AND FRIGID AIR  
    Am                 F 
AND ALL US KIDS IN OUR UNDERWEAR 
     G 
WERE JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE  
 
           F 
A BUNCH OF LOWLIFES 
           C 
LIVING THE HIGH LIFE 
                G 
MONEY BURNING A HOLE RIGHT 
                                 C 
THROUGH THE POCKETS OF OUR HOLEY JEANS  
 
C                  F 
GRANDPA?S WITH THE LORD NOW 
                 C 
BUT WE GOT A NEW FORD NOW 
                         G 
AND WE CAN WATCH THE BIG ORANGE NOW 
              C 
ON A 57 INCH TV 
 
C              F  C   F   C 
THAT?S RIGHT 
 
    C                  F 
THE MONEYS GONE BY MID JULY 
C 
WE WENT BACK TO JUST GETTING BY 
    F 
TIL MOMMA SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE 
Dm                  G 
OUTSIDE A CHICK FIL A  
 
    C                  F 
 NOW WE KNEW THEY WAS A CHRISTIAN BUNCH 
 C                    G  
 SO WE DIDN?T ASK FOR ALL THAT MUCH 
         Am                 F 
 SETTLED OUTTA COURT FOR 10 THOUSAND BUCKS 
          C 
 AND FREE CHICKEN TILL OUR DYING DAY 
 
           F 
A BUNCH OF LOWLIFES 
           C 
LIVING THE HIGH LIFE 
                G 
MONEY BURNING A HOLE RIGHT 
                                 C 
THROUGH THE POCKETS OF OUR HOLEY JEANS 
 
 
C             F 
MOMMA?S GOT A LIMP NOW 
                  C 
BUT WE ALL GET TO SWIM NOW 
F                     C 
CAUSE WE GOT AN ABOVE GROUND 
       G          C 
SITTIN OUT BY THE TRAMPOLINE 
 
YEAH WE DO 
 
C            F 
WE ROCKED WE ROLLED 
WE LIVED IT UP TILL 
   G 
IT STARTED RUNNING THIN 
Am               F 
WE BEGAN LOOKING FOR A WAY 
   G 
TO SPEND THAT MONEY AGAIN 
 
C 
I HEARD A SONG A COUPLE MONTHS AGO 
 
WAS CARRIE UNDERWOOD ON THE RADIO 
F 
REMINDED ME OF A POEM MY BROTHER WROTE 
Dm             G 
BACK IN SECOND GRADE 
AND I KNOW SHE DIDN?T STEAL IT BUT 
C                          G 
SO WHAT WE LAWYERED UP AND SUED HER BUTT 
 
      Am                   F 
THESE DAYS WE FIGURED WE?D PRETTY MUCH 
    C 
GET PAID TO GO AWAY 
 
           F 
A BUNCH OF LOWLIFES 
 
           C 
LIVING THE HIGH LIFE 
                G 
MONEY BURNING A HOLE RIGHT 
                                 C 
THROUGH THE POCKETS OF OUR HOLEY JEANS 
 
C                   F 
THIS SONGS A NUMBER ONE NOW 
                C 
GONNA GET A HOT TUB NOW 
F                  C 
SIT IT NEXT TO THE ABOVE GROUND 
         G                 C 
WHICH IS NEXT TO THE TRAMPOLINE 
 
C                  F 
IT?S GONNA RUN OUT SOMEDAY 
                          C 
AND THAT AIN?T GONNA BE A FUN DAY 
F                         G 
BUT AS LONG AS IT AIN?T A SUNDAY 
                             C 
WE CAN GO TO CHICK FIL A AND EAT 
 
C 
ME I LOVE THEM WAFFLE FRIES 
G 
THAT CHICK FIL A?S GOT SOME GOOD WAFFLE FRIES 
 
ID SAY THATS RIGHT 
                 C 
MAYBE I?LL GET A DIET COKE  I DON?T KNOW 
F 
I WISH THEY HAD BEER IT WOULD BE PERFECT 
C                                G 
I LIKE THE LITTLE TRAYS THAT THE FOOD COMES ON 
C 
I LIKE THE POLYNESIAN SAUCE 
          
 

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C · G · F · Dm · Am

Practice tip

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