Do You Ever Live
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[Verse 1]
G
Are you adrift?
Are you hands at ten and two?
Cm F
Are you the spinning wheel
G
as it starts to reel?
G
Or the tall ship on a summer lawn?
Cm F
The tiller yaws, the ripple moving blade to blade
G
Makes a figure eight
C
Only, only time
Fm Bb
Only time will tell if you’re the sea itself
C
Or an echoing shell
[Chorus 1]
F Am
Do you ever live?
G
Do you ever live?
F Am
Do you ever live?
[Verse 2]
G
Are you someone else?
Are you someone else
Cm F
Or is someone else you?
G
Oh, what can you do?
G
If you're the only passenger
Cm F
You've come from where you're coming to, but there may be
G
An unraveling seam
C
Wake up, low-angle sun
Fm Bb
Ivy runners have begun to climb the starboard walls
C
And they start to call
[Chorus 2]
F Am
Do you ever live?
G
Do you ever live?
F Am
Do you ever live?
G
Do you ever live?
[Instrumental]
Gm Dm C
Gm Dm C G
[Verse 3]
G
Only, only love
Cm C F D G
Only love will show us where we have to go
C
Set off into the vale
Fm Bb
Make your way into the trail of intersecting shoots
C
One of which is you
[Chorus 3]
F Am
Do you ever live?
G
Do you ever live?
F Am
Do you ever live?
G
Do you ever live?
F Am
Do you ever live?
G
[Outro]
F Am G
F Am G
F Am G
F Am G
F
How to play Do You Ever Live
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.