Alison Krauss - SONG FOR LIFE guitar chord

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Date: 3/19/97; 11:27:20 PM

From: Bruce DeBoard

Subject: Alison Krauss - Song for Life

Alison Krauss - Song For Life

written by Rodney Crowell

Album: Too Late To Cry (1987)

Transcribed by Bruce DeBoard (deboard@pa.uky.edu)

This song has been done by several different people, including The

Seldom Scene, and Alan Jackson. But this is the version I have

heard most.

There is some arpeggiation during the intro, but I will leave that

to you to figure out.

[Intro] D A Bm D7 G A7 D A (same as verse)

[Verse 1]

D A Bm D7

I don't drink as much as I used to

G A7 D A (walk up A-B-C#)

Lately, it just ain't my style

D A Bm D7

And hard times don't last like they used to

G A7 D

They pass quicker, like when I was a child.

[Chorus]

G A7 D

Somehow I've learned how to listen

G A7 Bm D7

To a sound like the sun going down

G A7 D G

And the magic the morning is bringing home

D A Bm D7

a song for a life I have found

G A7 D

It keeps my feet on the ground

[Solo]--Play verse again

[second verse]

The midsummer days sit so heavy

but don't they blow like a breeze through your mind

when nothing appears in a hurry

to make up for someone's lost time

[repeat chorus]

(*A note on the chorus---the version by The Seldom Scene has a

somewhat different last chorus. This may be the original words,

and were changed for soon to be obvious reasons(Alison being a woman

and all) It only affects the last two lines:

A song for a girl I have found

She keeps my feet on the ground

Also, Alan Jackson uses friend instead of girl I believe, although

I'm not sure if he says he or she on the next line.

So use whichever version you like best, or best suits your gender*)

Please email with any suggestions or comments.

--

Bruce A. Deboard

Physics and Astronomy

Homepage: http://www.pa.uky.edu/~deboard

University of Kentucky