Leaving This Life chords by Lori McKenna
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (Dsus4) (G major) (Dsus4) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) I am
(D major) six
(G major) years old in the back (D major) of my mother's car
And (G major) I will be seven in December (D major)
She will (G major) be gone by the be
(D major) ginning of next spring
And (G major) I will be left to remember
To re (D major) member (G major)
(D major) I
Verse 2
ask my little questions and she
laughs her little laugh
But (G major) she won't tell me
where we're going
She (D major) looks in my eye (G major) s (D major) with
her eyes in the mirror
And says,
(G major) "Some things you're better off not knowing"
Not (D major) knowing
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Verse 3
But (A major) I don't know what
her (G major) voice sounds like
(A major) I don't know what her skin (G major) feels like
I (A major) only know what it might (G major) feel like
When a mother (B minor) holds her daughter (A major)
When that mother (B minor) knows
she's (A major) leaving this (G major) life
Leaving this life
(D major) (Dsus4) (D major)
Verse 4
(G major)
(Dsus4) She's (D major) left with that reflection
of me at six years old
And (G major) I have her eyes in the mirror (D major)
? we are defined by what we have lost
(G major) Don't you wonder whose
loss is dearer?
(D major) Dearer
Verse 5
She (A major) doesn't know what my
(G major) voice sounds like
She (A major) doesn't know what my skin (G major) feels like
And (A major) I only know what it might (G major) feel like
When a mother (B minor) holds her daugh (A major)
ter
When that mother (B minor) knows
she's (A major) leaving this (G major) life
Interlude 1
Leaving this life
(D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 6
And (A major) I don't know what
her (G major) voice sounds like
And (A major) I don't know what her skin (G major) feels like
I (A major) only know what it might (G major)
feel like
When a mother (B minor) holds
her daughter (A major)
When that mother (B minor) knows
she's (A major) leaving this (G major) life
Leaving this life
(D major)
Verse 7
Leaving this (G major) life
Leaving this life (D major)
Leaving this (G major) life
Outro 1
(G major) (D major)
(Dsus4)
Leaving This Life
Lori McKenna
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