ACTIVITY
The Life
Artist: Kenny Chesney
Song: The Life
Album: Lucky Old Sun
Tabbed By: Mitch32789
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: I
E [Asus2][Bsus2]
Chords Used: , ,
Strumming: A bit of a slap is used throughout most of the song, such that:
Ed,Eu,slap,Ed,Eu,Ed,Asus2d,Asus2u,slap,Asus2d,Asus2u,Asus2d,Bsus2d,Bsus2u,slap,
Bsus2d,Bsus2u,Bsus2u
Strum:d=down,u=up
Intro:
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|--------2----|
A|--2-2h4------|
E|-------------|
E E E E E [Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Bsus2][Bsus2][Bsus2]
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
[Bsus2][Bsus2]E E E
, , , ,
(Verse I)
E
It was early one mornin’
[Asus2]
Playa del Carmen
[Bsus2] E
That’s when I first met Jose
E
He had a 12 foot Schooner
[Asus2]
A 3 foot cooler
[Bsus2] E
Full of the catch of the day
E
And he was wrinkled from grinnin’
[Asus2]
From all of the sun he had been in
[Bsus2] E
He was barefoot, cerveza in hand
E [Asus2]
He said “Gracias senor”, when I paid him too much for
[Bsus2] E
All of the Snapper he had
[Asus2] E
Now I told him my friend it ain’t nothin’
[Bsus2] E
In the best broken Spanish I knew
[Asus2]
I said I make a good livin’
E
Back home where I’m from
[Bsus2]
(NC)
He smiled and said Amigo me too
(Chorus)
E [Asus2]
He said I fish and I play my guitar
[Bsus2] E
I laugh at the bar with my friends
E
I go home to my wife
[Asus2]
I pray every night
[Bsus2]
I can do it all over again
Instrumental:
E E E E E [Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Bsus2][Bsus2][Bsus2]
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
[Bsus2][Bsus2]E E E
, , , ,
(Verse II)
E
Somewhere over Texas
[Asus2]
I thought of my Lexus
[Bsus2] E
And all the stuff I work so hard for
E
And all the things that I’ve gathered
[Asus2]
From climbing that ladder
[Bsus2] E
Didn’t make much sense anymore
[Asus2] E
They say my nest egg ain’t ready to hatch yet
[Bsus2] E
They keep holding my feet to the fire
[Asus2]
They call it paying the price
E
So that one day in life
[Bsus2]
(NC)
I’ll have what I need to retire
(Chorus)
E [Asus2]
And just fish, and play my guitar,
[Bsus2] E
Laugh at the bar with my friends,
E
Go home to my wife
[Asus2]
And pray every night,
[Bsus2] E
I can do it all over again
(Bridge)
Fm E [Asus2]E
And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made
Fm E [Asus2]
When the truth is I’m really just dying
[Bsus2]
To live like Jose
(Chorus)
Single Downward Strums
E
(NC)
And just fish
[Asus2]
Play my guitar
[Bsus2] E
Laugh at the bar with my friends
E
Go home to my wife
[Asus2]
Pray every night
[Bsus2] E
I can do it all over again
Instrumental:
E E E E E [Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Asus2][Bsus2][Bsus2][Bsus2]
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
[Bsus2][Bsus2]E E E
, , , ,until end.
Wouldn’t that be the life?
Wouldn’t that be the life?
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