Life's What You Make It chords by Talk Talk (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Ab
E/Ab
Gb/Ab
Db/Ab

Intro 1
Ab 
Ab 
Ab 
Ab 
 (A flat major)  (A flat major)  (A flat major)  (A flat major) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major)  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major)  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major)  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major)  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 

Verse 1

Baby, life's what you make it

Can't escape it

Baby, yesterday's favourite

Don't you hate

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Chorus 1

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(Everything's all right)

Life's what you make it

(Everything's all right)

Verse 2

Baby, life's what you make it

Don't backdate it

Baby, don't try to shade it

Beauty's

Chorus 2
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
(naked)  (A flat major)  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
 (A flat major) (Everything's all  (E/Ab) right)
Gb/Ab 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (G flat/Ab) Life's   what you  (A flat major) make it  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major) (Everything's all  (E/Ab) right)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
What you  (A flat major) make it

Solo 1

Verse 3
Ab 
Db/Ab 
 (A flat major) Baby, life's what you  (D flat/Ab) make it
Gb/Ab 
Ab 
Db/Ab 
Ce (G flat/Ab) lebrate  (A flat major) it, anticipate  (D flat/Ab) it
Gb/Ab 
Ab 
Db/Ab 
 (G flat/Ab) Yester   day's  (A flat major) faded, nothing can  (D flat/Ab) change   it
E/Ab 
 (E/Ab) 
Gb/Ab 
 (G flat/Ab) Life's   what you

Chorus 3
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major) make it  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
 (A flat major) (Everything's all  (E/Ab) right)
Gb/Ab 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (G flat/Ab) Life's   what you  (A flat major) make it  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
 (A flat major) (Everything's all  (E/Ab) right)
Gb/Ab 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (G flat/Ab) Life's   what you  (A flat major) make it  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major) (Everything's all  (E/Ab) right)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major)  (E/Ab)  (G flat/Ab) 
Ab 
E/Ab 
Gb/Ab 
 (A flat major) (Everything's all  (E/Ab) right)  (G flat/Ab) 
[Repeat and fade]

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Ab
E/Ab
Gb/Ab
Db/Ab

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: Ab majorBPM: 92

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

Ab: 4-6-6-5-4-4
E/Ab: 4-x-2-4-0-0
Gb/Ab: 4-x-4-3-2-x
Db/Ab: 4-x-6-6-6-x

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This is the definitive original version of Life's What You Make It by Talk Talk, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of Ab major. It suits players who want to learn Life's What You Make It the way Talk Talk intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.