Life's For The Living chords by
Passenger (Official Version)

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Key: G majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Intro 1

C

Dm

C

Gsus4

G

C

G/B

Am7

Dm

C

Gsus4

G

Verse 1
Am Am 
 
Well grey clouds wrapped round
F F 
 
the town like elastic
G G 
 
Cars stood like toys
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
made of Taiwanese plastic
Am Am 
 
The boy laughed at the spastic
F F 
 
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
dancing around in the rain
Am Am 
 
While laundrettes cleaned clothes,
F F 
 
high heels rub toes
G G 
 
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
Dressed in their suits and their boots
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
Well they all look the same

Pre-chorus 1

Fmaj7

G

I took myself down to the cafe to find all

C

C/B

Am7

G

The boys lost in books and crackling vinyl

Fmaj7

And carved out a poem

G

C

C7

above the urinal that read

Chorus 1
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Don't you cry      for the lost
G G 
 
Smile for the living
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
Get what you need
Am7 Am7 
 
G G 
 
and give  what you're given
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Life's   for the living so live it

Interlude 1
Or you're better off dead
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am7 Am7 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G

Verse 2
Am7 Am7 
 
While the evening pulled the moon
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
out      of it's packet
G G 
 
Stars shone like buttons
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
on an old man's jacket
Am7 Am7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
We needed a nail but we tacked   it
'til it fell of the wall
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
Am7 Am7 
 
While pigeon's pecked trains,
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
sparks   flew like planes
G G 
 
The rain showed the rainbows
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
in the oil stains
Am7 Am7 
 
And we all   had new iPhone's
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
but no       one had no one to call
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 

Pre-chorus 2
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
And I        stumbled down
G G 
 
to the stomach of the town
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
Where the widow takes memories
Am7 Am7 
 
G G 
 
to slowly drown
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
With a hand     to the sky
G G 
 
and a mist in her eye, she said
C C 
 
C7 C7 
 

Chorus 2
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Don't you cry      for the lost
G G 
 
Smile for the living
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
Get what you need
Am7 Am7 
 
G G 
 
and give  what you're given
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Life's   for the living so live it

Interlude 2
Or you're better off dead
Am7 Am7 
 
Em Em 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am7 Am7 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
Am7 Am7 
 
Em Em 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am7 Am7 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G

Verse 3
Am7 Am7 
 
Well I'm sick  of this town,
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
this blind    man's forage
G G 
 
They take your dreams down
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
and they stick them in storage
Am7 Am7 
 
You can have  them back son
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
when you've paid     off
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
your mortgage and loans
Am7 Am7 
 
Oh hell  with this place,
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
I'll go       it my own way
G G 
 
I'll stick out my thumb
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
and I trudge down the highway
Am7 Am7 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Someday someone must be going
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
my way home

Pre-chorus 3
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
Till then I'll     make my bed from a disused car
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
With a mattress of leaves
Am7 Am7 
 
G G 
 
and a blanket of stars
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
And I'll stitch   the words into my heart
C C 
 
C7 C7 
 
with a needle and thread

Chorus 3
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Don't you cry      for the lost
G G 
 
Smile for the living
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
Get what you need
Am7 Am7 
 
G G 
 
and give  what you're given
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
G G 
 
You know life's   for the living so live it
Or you're better off dead
C C 
 
C7 C7 
 

Outro 1
F F 
 
Don't you cry for the lost
G G 
 
Smile for the living
C C 
 
C/B C/B 
 
Get what you need
Am7 Am7 
 
G G 
 
and give  what you're given
F F 
 
G G 
 
Life's for the living so live it
Or you're better off dead

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC Dm Gsus4 G G/B...

Chords

C
Dm
Gsus4
G
G/B
Am7
Am
F
C/B
Fmaj7
C7
Em

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
Gsus4: 3-x-0-0-1-3
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
Am7: x-0-2-0-1-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C/B: x-2-2-0-1-0
Fmaj7: x-x-3-2-1-0
C7: x-3-2-3-1-x
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

Capo: 7

I don't have a capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the original studio version of Life's For The Living by Passenger, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of G major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Passenger's performance.

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