Chord Life Is Good Blues by Laura Veirs

beautiful song from the incredible lauras july flame album . the chords are easy but this one is very best suited to alternate picking for the bass notes on the Em , Am7 and C chords . i’ve put the picking patterns at the foot of the tab! ok . it’s in standard tuning , capo 3rd fret . chords relative to capod position i . E . Am7 is actually A Cm7 , G is actually A# and so on! intro = = = = = Em verse 1 = = = = = = = Em life is good when you dance all night Am7 C Am7 C and the world trans - mits electric power Em messages you send to mars Am7 C Am7 C came from a crown of flowers chorus 1 = = = = = = = = G F Am7 C have you danced A - way the hours? G F Am7 C have you danced A - way the hours? verse 2 = = = = = = = Em life is good when the band is smokin’ hot Am7 C Am7 C the drummer drums ’cause it’s the last chance that he got Em boats light up the river in a string of flame Am7 C Am7 C life is good chorus 2 = = = = = = = = G F Am7 C when you know he feels the same thing G F Am7 C when you know he feels the same thing inst = = = = Em Am7 C Am7 C Em Am7 C Am7 C verse 3 = = = = = = = Em go in soft like the dawn Am7 and tender green like the shoots of spring C Am7 C un - furling on the lawn Em over dale over dale Am7 over sea swell over sea swell C Am7 C never play the devil’s pawn chorus 3 / out = = = = = = = = = = = = = = G F Am7 C cause you know he’d do the same thing G F Am7 C yeah you know he’d do the same thing G F Am7 C yeah you know he’d do the same thing G F Am7 C yeah you know he’d do the same thing Em Am7 C E - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 G - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 D 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - A - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - E - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - nb the G and F chords are strummed simply!!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i hope i’ve done it justice! kevin o’brien watford england january 2012 watfordkev@gmail . com