It’s a good life    (video)

 

    Am  - - -

 

   Am                                 - E

1.     You hang your head        in misery,

Dm                                         Am

    your eyes say that you are no longer free.

Am                                                  E

    I know you hide behind those clouds of despair,

Dm                                            Am

    I'm just some one who came to show he cares.

 

C                                                  Em

    Come on, wake up, don't be afraid,

Dm                                                     G

    we can find what you lost on the way.

C                                                   Em

    Come on wake up, there's no shame,

Dm                           - E

    in being too weak         to fight the pain.

 

         F                                             C

It’s good life even when hope is forsaken.

                                          G                                              Am

even when your heart is breaking, never forget it's worth saving.

                                 F                                              C

Never forget it's a good life seeing the sun on the tree line,

                                        E                                               F

feeling the breeze on a warm night, holding the hand of love.

 

   Am                             - E

2.      Happiness is not          made of gold,

Dm                                          Am

    it's made of memories only you and I hold.

Am                                       E

    If you can hear me then answer the call,

Dm                                         Am

    I'll just sit here 'till you're strong enough to talk.

 

C                                                 Em

    Come on, wake up, don't be afraid,

Dm                                                     G

    we can find what you lost on the way.

C                                                   Em

    Come on, wake up, don't slip away,

Dm                                             E

    you were once the one who helped me find my way to...

 

      F                                              C

A good life even when hope is forsaken.

                                          G                                              Am

even when your heart is breaking, never forget it's worth saving.

                                 F                                              C

Never forget it's a good life seeing the sun on the tree line,

                                        G                                              Am

feeling the breeze on a warm night, holding the hand of love.

 

                                     F                                                C

+  Never forget it's a good life, I know you can turn it around

                                                     G                                 Am

    just make for the break in the clouds, I'll wait for you there.

 

    You know ...

 

         F                                             C

It’s good life even when hope is forsaken.

                                          G                                              Am

even when your heart is breaking, never forget it's worth saving.

                                 F                                              C

Never forget it's a good life seeing the sun on the tree line,

                                        E                                               F

feeling the breeze on a warm night, holding the hand of love.

 

   C                                                  Em

+     Come on, wake up, don't be afraid,

Dm                                                     G

    we can find what you lost on the way.

 

(orig. = capo 5th)    (Rea Garvey)