Life After Life
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[Intro ](2x)
e|----------------------------------------------------0-3-5--------|
B|------------------------------------------------1-3--------------|
G|-2-0-2-0-2-0--------------------------2-0-2-0-2------------------|
D|-------------2-0-2-0-2-0-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------2-0-2-0-2-0-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F
I still care about Christian
C
Does he care about me?
G
When I see him around he looks down,
F
afraid of what he?ll see
F
And I know there?s a heaven
C
that he?s trying to find
G
But it's hell that he makes, callous and afraid
F
of the ones he?s left behind
(Intro again)
F
And the touch of his body,
C
so tender and cruel,
G
when he made me play girlfriend,
F
there wasn?t much I could do
F
He?d come to my garret,
C
and we?d make something like love
G
But the flowers he gave me have wilted,
C
but I keep them, like I keep him
C
He wants a life after life
G
But the world he didn?t love,
F
and the one he didn?t love
should have been
C
Night after night
G
But the world he didn?t love,
F
and the one he didn?t love
will never know
(Intro again with this:)
F C
G F
paradise
F
When he makes his confessions,
C
when he says his prayers
G
and kneels beside his bed in the moonlight,
F
is a part of me there?
F
He?s taken up with a new girl,
C
who keeps his conscience clean,
G
and tells him he?s a keeper,
F
though I don't know if he knows what that means
C
He wants a life after life
G
But the world he didn?t love,
F
and the one he didn?t love
should have been
C
Night after night
G
But the world he didn?t love,
F
and the one he didn?t love
will never know
F G
C F
paradise
F G
So live in(??)
C
...
G
But the world he didn?t love,
F
and the one he didn?t love
should have been
C
(Should have been)
G
But the world he didn?t love,
F
and the one he didn?t love
will never know
C
...
G F
Paradise
C
...
G F
Paradise
(End on C)
How to play Life After Life
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. 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.