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How To Live

Band of Horses

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

G
C×
D××
F
Em
CmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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INTRO: 
(like this:) 
e:-3~~~3---3-----3---3----3-3-|-3~~-|
b:-3~~~3---3-----3---3----3-3-|-3~~-| 
G:-0~~~2p0-2p0---2p0-2p0--0-0-|-0~~-| 
D:-0~~~~------------------0-0-|-0~~-| 
A:-2~~~~------------------2-2-|-2~~-| 
E:-3~~~~------------------3-3-|-3~~-| 
 
 
 
 
VERSE:
 
G                   C      
  When Im giving advice to others 
G                            G G2  
  I take more than I can give 
     D      
This birds eye view 
          C              D             G  G4  G    G4 G 
Of what I want you to do learn how to live 
 
G                  C   
  And I really dont have to suffer 
G                     G G2  
  I still do it anyway 
      D 
Im a diamond in the rough 
         C           D        G  G4 G 
Or Im a dirt clod in the clay 
 
G             F 
  Guess what?   I lost my job 
Em                  Cm   Cm4   
  Its just my luck 
 
G  G4 G   
G  G4 G 
 
G                      C 
  Reveal youve always been the actor 
G                          G G2 
  With those puppy dog eyes 
     D                 
Well one of yall is telling the truth 
    C                D   G 
The other one is lying 
 
G                     C 
  Its someone elses fault so often 
G                                        G G2 
  Youre getting rude, youre getting tall 
       D 
Its a great big world 
          C             D            G  
your translations just a little off 
 
G          F        
  So what,   I made a mistake 
Em              Cm      G 
  to try to hiiide the tiny 
F             Em     Cm 
  The tiniest lie 
                  G 
gets a little bit larger everyday 
   F                Em            Cm 
It grows, til its out of control 
 
G    G    G    G 
D    C  D G    G  C 
 
G                       C 
  Ive been giving my advice to others 
G                               G G2 
  I try to tell them how to live 
         D 
A little lying, a bit of truth 
            C                  D 
Is what Id like for you to do and how to give 
 
G  G4 G   
G  G4 G 
 
G                     C 
  And I really didnt need to suffer 
G                     G G2 
  Still did it anyway 
       D 
What a great big world 
         C              
I better find some way to stay 
 
G  G4 G   
G  G4 G 
 
G             F 
  Guess what?   youre getting old 
Em                  Cm 
   Still gotta grow up 
 
G 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · D · F · Em · Cm

Practice tip

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