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[Chorus]
Am
We only got one life
Em
So I’m gonna live mine
FAmC
I’ve got my story to tell to the people out there
EmAm
For anybody listening
Am
Only got one life
Em
So I’m gonna use mine
FF#mAm
To help the lost get found
CEmAm
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 1]
DmG
I said one life, one love, many gods up above
EmFAm
Spirits within sing a message of love
C
To the ones who are hurting know this ain’t the end
EmAm
Well the sun it goes down but it comes back again
G
I wanna know, where is the place that you go?
EmFAm
When your heart is hurting and your head is hung low
Em
Music, sweet music, she takes you away
Am
Fills you with hope and nurtures your pain
C
Yes, this is the healing
FEm
This is the reason we singing these songs
AmCDmAm
So the fullness of joy can be felt when everybody sings along
G
So open up the time has come and we’ve got to be on our way
EmFEm
We’re leaving everything we knew behind with yesterday
AmC
And manifesting dreams that turn into reality
EmAm
One love to guide, one life to lead
[Chorus]
Am
Only got one life
EmF
So I’m gonna live mine
Am
I won’t be broken by their rules
CEmAm
Criticized by fools, I know what I am here to bring
Am
If we only got one life
EmF
Then I’m gonna use mine
Am
To help the lost get found
CEmAm
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 2]
AmG
I’m gonna lift up my brothers, not compare myself to others
EmFDm
Focus only on what I can save
Am
To make the world a better place
C
Help relate to all them
EmAm
Face my problems in a better way
Am
Said we can learn to lead
GEmFDm
Speaking of new breeds of men who understand that we must fight to see
Am
Destruction of the darker way
C
Here to chase the fear away
EmAm
We must secure a place for all
Am
We’ll be a light in the dark
AmAEm
Blood in the heart, gun at the start
Dm
And the sea it will part
AmE
For glorious new dawn, of children carry on
EmAm
The teachings and the mothers and the fathers, move along
[Bridge]
AmG
Said we move, move, we move along
EmF
We move, move, we move along
AmC
Said move, move, we move along
EmAm
Cuz we only got one life
[Chorus]
Am
We only got one life
EmF
So I’m gonna live mine
AmC
I said I’m making my way, get better everyday
EmAm
Let love determine my direction
Am
If we only got one life
EmF
So I’m gonna use mine
Am
To help the lost get found
CEm
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 3]
Am
This wheel spins round and round
GEmF
We all have days upside down
AmC
Today it might be me, tomorrow may be you
EmAm
Take a look at life through the soft eyes of truth
G
Oh, I’ve been the one who’s lost
EmF
Yea we all got work to do
AmC
Can you see the angry child inside?
Am
Hating what they put him through
I wanna set the record straight
Dm
Life is full of tragedy
DmAm
But your reaction is the difference
CEm
And the difference is the reason that you live in hell or harmony
AmG
Call to spirit, can you hear it?
Em
Can you feel me?
F
Do not fear it
AmC
Moving with you through every moment’s issue
EmAm
We never are alone in this oneness we call home
[Chorus]
Am
We only got one life
GEmF
So I'm gonna live mine
AmC
I've got my story to tell to the people out there
EmAm
For anybody listening
Am
Only got one life
GEmF
So I'm gonna use mine
Am
To help the lost get found
CEmAm
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
N.C.
One life