Life's Opera chords by Marvin Gaye
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Verse 1
(E minor) (C major) (E minor) This is a story,
(Baug) about life (G major)
Mostly, (Dsus4) (G major) (A major) about my life (Dsus4)
(E minor) And (C major) ooh, (Dsus4) people,
(C major) I want to share it (Dsus4) with (G major) you
Verse 2
(E minor)
If in some way I (Baug) can help someone
(G major) Maybe someone is lost (A major) and (C sharpdim) needs
To see (A major) the light
Oh (C major) listen, people, I (Dsus4) have a story
A life's (G major) opera
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Verse 3
(G major)
Get (D major) down
(E minor) They never said we
(D major) couldn't (C major) get down
(Dsus4) Long as we added in the (G major) fun sometime
Get (D major) down
(E minor) They never said we
couldn't (C major) get down
(Dsus4) Long as we added in the (G major) fun
sometime (Asus4) (G major) (Asus4) (A major)
Oh (D major) babe, this is it
A song about life,
(E minor) oh (F sharp minor) (G major) (B minor) (Asus4) baby listen (G major) (A major) to (D major) my song
For all those
(B minor) Who (D major) feel they want to know the way,
aw babe (E minor) (D major)
Verse 4
(G major) Listen (B minor) (Listen) to the (E minor) (G major) truth (Asus4)
(G major) Listen (B minor) (Listen) to (A major) the way
(Asus4) I (G major) (D major) (F sharp minor) see (A major) (B minor) you, Jesus (D major)
(Jesus) and (G major) Buddha (B minor) (D major) (Buddha)
And (E minor) Je hovah (G major) (Asus4)
(D major) (Jehovah)
And Martin (F sharp minor) (A major) (B minor) (Martin) and Malcolm
(G major) (Asus4) (And Malcolm)
And all men who knew the way
All men died for you (D major)
Listen (F sharp minor) (A major) (Listen) , l
Verse 5
(B minor) isten (Listen) and (D major) (Dsus4)
(D major) under (G major) stand (Understanding)
Check it out (B minor) and (E minor) I'm sure
the truth will live (Asus4)
(D major) Listen (F sharp minor) (A major) (B minor) (Listen) and see (G major)
(Asus4) (A major) (Asus4) (Listen)
That your life will be something
greater than
(Listen) you ever expected to be
Verse 6
Call on the (D major) Lord (Get down)
(F sharp minor) Oh, (B minor) hear me (D major) (Dsus4) (G major) (Nev
er said we couldn't get (B minor) (D major) (E minor) down)
The Lord will (G major) listen (D major) to me (Get down)
Listen (F sharp minor) my brothers, listen (B minor) my sisters
(D major) (Never said we couldn't get down)
(G major) Oh, love the Lord lalala Amen ah (B minor) (D major)
(Asus4)
Verse 7
(A major) The (Asus4) (D major) (F sharp minor) (D major) devil is (B minor) trying to do
his (E minor) work (Asus4)
(D major) He'll make you feel like it's
righteous
(B minor) Give you justification (G major) (Asus4)
(G major) Oh but you gotta look (D major) through
And (E minor) see the light there (D major)
You (G major) can't make wrong (D major) right (E minor) y'all (D major)
(B minor) You see, (B flataug) (D major) there got to (A flatdim) be two
Sides in (A major) all the balance, oh yes it is
Stood up (D major) on the line (F sharp minor) and
(D major) choose your side (B minor) (G major) (Asus4)
(D major) Maybe it'll take you a little longer, babe
(B minor) Understand what's (G major) right
(Asus4) Oh (G major) but I believe (D major) (E minor) (I
(D major) believeyes, I believe)
(G major) I believe all these (D major) dreams
Will come (E minor) true someday
(D major) (I believeyes, I (B minor) (B flataug) (D major)
(A flatdim) believe)
Verse 8
Maybe the way you (Asus4) don't realize,
(A major) oooh (D major) (F sharp minor)
(A major) (Marching) Brother
, keep on
(B minor) Marching (Marching, (D major) keep
(G major) On marching, (B minor) marching, (Asus4) marching,
(A major) marching
Marching) keep on
(Asus4) marching
What they died for
Don't (D major) forget, don't forget
(F sharp minor) (Moving)
Keep a (B minor) tear in your heart (D major)
(Moving, keep (G major) on moving
(F sharp minor) Moving, moving, moving, moving)
Oh keep on (B minor) (Asus4) closer to the light
(D major) Oh people, (F sharp minor) (B minor) you know (D major) (People)
Said (G major) it from my heart (B minor)
Keep on (Asus4) marching, marching,
marching (D major)
(F sharp minor) Marchingmarching
Closer, closer (B minor) to (D major) God, you'll (G major) save me
(B minor) Oh (A major) yes (Asus4) you (D major) will (F sharp minor)
(B minor) (D major) (G major) (B minor)
Interlude 1
(A major) (G major)
(E major) (A major)
Verse 9
Our Father (A major) (G major) which art in (A major) heaven
(D major) Hallowed be thy name (F sharp minor)
thy (B minor) kingdom come
(E minor) Thy will be (A major) done
Oh Father (C sharp minor) ,
(G major) on earth (A major) as (D major) it is heaven (F sharp minor)
Give us (B minor) this day, Jesus, our (D major) daily (E minor) bread (D major)
(A major) Oh Father, forgive us our (G major) debt (E minor) s as (G major)
(A major) We forgive our debt (D major) ors
Lead (F sharp minor) us not to tempta (B minor) tion, Jesus
But (E minor) de liver us from (D major) evil
(A major) Oh Father, (C sharp minor) (A major) light, (E minor) (A major) kingdom
(D major) The prophet Lord Jesus
(F sharp minor) forever and ever Amen
(B minor) M- m- (E minor) (D major) (A major) (A flatdim) m- (G major) mmm (A major) (B minor) (A major) (D major) oh yeah,
(A major) (F sharp minor) oh Father
(B minor)
Life's Opera
Marvin Gaye
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