Alison Krauss - Song For Life
written by Rodney Crowell
Album: Too Late To Cry (1987)
Transcribed by Bruce DeBoard (deboard@pa.uky.edu)
This song has been done by several different people, including The
Seldom Scene, and Alan Jackson. But this is the version I have
heard most.
There is some arpeggiation during the intro, but I will leave that
to you to figure out.
[Intro] D A Bm D7 G A7 D A (same as verse)
[Verse 1]
I [D]don't drink as [A]much as I [Bm]used to[D7]
G A7 D A (walk up A-B-C#)
Lately, it just ain't my style
[D]And hard times don't [A]last like they [Bm]used to[D7]
[G]They pass quicker, like [A7]when I was a [D]child.
[Chorus]
[G]Somehow I've [A7]learned how to [D]listen
To a [G]sound like the [A7]sun going [Bm]down[D7]
And the [G]magic the [A7]morning is [D]bringing [G]home
a [D]song for a [A]life I have [Bm]found[D7]
[G]It keeps my [A7]feet on the [D]ground
[Solo]--Play verse again
[second verse]
The midsummer days sit so heavy
but don't they blow like a breeze through your mind
when nothing appears in a hurry
to make up for someone's lost time
[repeat chorus]
(A note on the chorus---the version by The Seldom Scene has a
somewhat different last chorus. This may be the original words,
and were changed for soon to be obvious reasons(Alison being a woman
and all) It only affects the last two lines:
A song for a girl I have found
She keeps my feet on the ground
Also, Alan Jackson uses friend instead of girl I believe, although
I'm not sure if he says he or she on the next line.
So use whichever version you like best, or best suits your gender)
written by Rodney Crowell
Album: Too Late To Cry (1987)
Transcribed by Bruce DeBoard (deboard@pa.uky.edu)
This song has been done by several different people, including The
Seldom Scene, and Alan Jackson. But this is the version I have
heard most.
There is some arpeggiation during the intro, but I will leave that
to you to figure out.
[Intro] D A Bm D7 G A7 D A (same as verse)
[Verse 1]
I [D]don't drink as [A]much as I [Bm]used to[D7]
G A7 D A (walk up A-B-C#)
Lately, it just ain't my style
[D]And hard times don't [A]last like they [Bm]used to[D7]
[G]They pass quicker, like [A7]when I was a [D]child.
[Chorus]
[G]Somehow I've [A7]learned how to [D]listen
To a [G]sound like the [A7]sun going [Bm]down[D7]
And the [G]magic the [A7]morning is [D]bringing [G]home
a [D]song for a [A]life I have [Bm]found[D7]
[G]It keeps my [A7]feet on the [D]ground
[Solo]--Play verse again
[second verse]
The midsummer days sit so heavy
but don't they blow like a breeze through your mind
when nothing appears in a hurry
to make up for someone's lost time
[repeat chorus]
(A note on the chorus---the version by The Seldom Scene has a
somewhat different last chorus. This may be the original words,
and were changed for soon to be obvious reasons(Alison being a woman
and all) It only affects the last two lines:
A song for a girl I have found
She keeps my feet on the ground
Also, Alan Jackson uses friend instead of girl I believe, although
I'm not sure if he says he or she on the next line.
So use whichever version you like best, or best suits your gender)
