How To Live Chords & Tabs
Band Of Horses - How To Live
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Album: Mirage Rock, 2012
tabbed by: Eric Lambrecht
Chords:
G C G' G2' D D' F Em Cm
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b:-3-|-5-|-12-|-10-|-7-|-3-|-1-|-8-|-4-<
G:-4-|-5-|-12-|-12-|-7-|-0-|-2-|-9-|-5-<
D:-5-|-5-|-12-|-12-|-7-|-4-|-3-|-9-|-5-<
A:-5-|-3-|-10-|-10-|-5-|-5-|-3-|-7-|-3-<
E:-3-|---|----|----|---|---|-1-|---|---<
INTRO:
(like this:)
e:-3~~~3---3-----3---3----3-3-|-3~~-...
b:-3~~~3---3-----3---3----3-3-|-3~~-...
G:-0~~~2p0-2p0---2p0-2p0--0-0-|-0~~-...
D:-0~~~~------------------0-0-|-0~~-...
A:-2~~~~------------------2-2-|-2~~-...
E:-3~~~~------------------3-3-|-3~~-...
VERSES:
G C
When I'm giving advice to others
G' G' G2'
I take more than I can give
D
This birds eye view
C D' G G4 G G4 G
Of what I want you to do learn how to live
G C
And I really don't have to suffer
G' G' G2'
I still do it anyway
D
I'm a diamond in the rough
C D' G G4 G
Or I'm a dirt clod in the clay
G F
Guess what? I lost my job
Em Cm Cm4
It's just my luck
G G4 G
G G4 G
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/band_of_horses/how_to_live_crd.html ]
G C
Reveal you've always been the actor
G' G' G2'
With those puppy dog eyes
D
Well one of y'all is telling the truth
C D' G
The other one is lying
G C
It's someone else's fault so often
G' G' G2'
You're getting rude, you're getting tall
D
It's a great big world
C D' G
your translation's just a little off
G F
So what, I made a mistake
Em Cm G
to try to hiiide the tiny
F Em Cm
The tiniest lie
G
gets a little bit larger everyday
F Em Cm
It grows, 'til it's out of control
G G G G
D C D G G C
G C
I've been giving my advice to others
G' G' G2'
I try to tell them how to live
D
A little lying, a bit of truth
C D'
Is what I'd like for you to do and how to give
G G4 G
G G4 G
G C
And I really didn't need to suffer
G' G' G2'
Still did it anyway
D
What a great big world
C
I better find some way to stay
G G4 G
G G4 G
G F
Guess what? you're getting old
Em Cm
Still gotta grow up
G (like the intro)