Artist: Kenny Chesney
Song: The Life
Album: Lucky Old Sun
Tabbed By: Mitch32789
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: I
Chords Used: E,Asus2, Bsus2
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|-------------|
[Verse I]
It was early one morninâ
Playa del Carmen
Thatâs when I first met Jose
He had a 12 foot Schooner
A 3 foot cooler
Full of the catch of the day
And he was wrinkled from grinninâ
From all of the sun he had been in
He was barefoot, cerveza in hand
He said âGracias senorâ, when I paid him too much for
All of the Snapper he had
Now I told him my friend it ainât nothinâ
In the best broken Spanish I knew
I said I make a good livinâ
Back home where Iâm from
N.C.
He smiled and said Amigo me too
[Chorus]
He said I fish and I play my guitar
I laugh at the bar with my friends
I go home to my wife
I pray every night
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]
Somewhere over Texas
I thought of my Lexus
And all the stuff I work so hard for
And all the things that Iâve gathered
From climbing that ladder
Didnât make much sense anymore
They say my nest egg ainât ready to hatch yet
They keep holding my feet to the fire
They call it paying the price
So that one day in life
N.C.
Iâll have what I need to retire
[Chorus]
And just fish, and play my guitar,
Laugh at the bar with my friends,
Go home to my wife
And pray every night,
I can do it all over again
[Bridge]
And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made
When the truth is Iâm really just dying
To live like Jose
[Chorus]
Single Downward Strums
N.C.
And just fish
Play my guitar
Laugh at the bar with my friends
Go home to my wife
Pray every night
I can do it all over again
[Instrumental]
until end.
Wouldnât that be the life?
Wouldnât that be the life?