Live Like You Were Dying Uke tab by Tim Mcgraw

5 Chords used in the song: G, Cadd9, D, Em, Am

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Album:  unknown
Difficulty: 
3.5
(Intermediate)
Key: G, EmChords
[Intro]
G chordG Cadd9 chordCadd9 G chordG Cadd9 chordCadd9

[Verse 1]
G chordG
He said I was in my early 40’s
D chordD
With a lot of life before me
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime
G chordG
I spent most of the next days
D chordD
Lookin' at the x-rays
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
Talkin’ ‘bout the options and talkin’ ‘bout sweet time

Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9

And I asked him when it sank in that this might really be the real end
G chordG D chordD
How’s it hit ya when you get that kinda news
Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9
Man what’d ya do
And he said:

[Chorus]
G chordG
I went sky divin’
D chordD
I went rocky mountain climbin’
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
G chordG D chordD
And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denyin’
Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And he said someday I hope you get the chance
G chordG D chordD G chordG Cadd9 chordCadd9
To live like you were dyin’

[Verse 2]
G chordG
He said I was finally the husband
D chordD
That most the time I wasn’t
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
G chordG
And all of a sudden goin’ fishin’
D chordD
Wasn’t such an imposition
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And I went three times that year I lost my dad

Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9

And I finally read the Good Book, and I
took a good long hard look
G chordG D chordD
At what I’d do if I could do it all again
Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And then:

[Chorus]
G chordG
I went sky divin’
D chordD
I went rocky mountain climbin’
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
G chordG D chordD
And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denyin’
Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And he said someday I hope you get the chance
G chordG D chordD Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
To live like you were dyin’

[Bridge]
G chordG
Like tomorrow was a gift
D chordD
And you’ve got eternity
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
To think of what you’d do with it
Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9
What could you do with it
Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9
What did I do with it
D chordD
What would I do with it

[Chorus]
G chordG
I went sky divin’
D chordD
I went rocky mountain climbin’
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
G chordG D chordD
And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter
Em chordEm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denyin’
Am chordAm Cadd9 chordCadd9
And he said someday I hope you get the chance
G chordG D chordD G chordG
To live like you were dyin’

[Outro]
G chordG Cadd9 chordCadd9 G chordG Cadd9 chordCadd9

Uke tab by , 22 May 2025

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