If It Takes A Lifetime Chords by Jason Isbell

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[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ I've been working here, [E] Monday it'll be here, [A] and I can't recall a day when I [D] didn't want
to disappear, but I keep [A] on showing up, helping [E] on growing up, if it [D] takes a lifetime.
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] I'm learning how to be alone, I fall [E] asleep with the TV on, [A] and I fight the urge to live
inside [D] my telephone, I [A] keep my spirits high, find [E] happiness by and by, if it [D] takes a lifetime.
_ _ [A] _ _ I [D] got too far from my race and [A] I forgot where I come from, and the line between right and
[E] wrong was so fine, [A] well I thought that Howie loved me, [D] but she beat me [A] like a drum, my
day will [E] come if it [D] takes a lifetime.
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[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] I don't keep liquor here, never cared [E] for wine or beer, [A] working for the county keeps
[D] me peace and clear, the [A] nights are dry as dust, and I'm [E] letting my eyes adjust, if it
[D] takes a lifetime.
_ _ [A] _ _ I [D] got too far from my race and [A] I forgot where I come from, and the line between right and
[E] wrong was so fine, [A] well I thought that Howie loved me, [D] but she beat me [A] like a drum, my
day will [E] come if it [D] takes a lifetime.
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[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] Man [A] is the product of all the people [E] that he ever loved, [A] and it don't [Bm] make a [F#m] difference
[D] how it ended up, I [A] love you once my friend, I can [E] do it all again, if it [D] takes a lifetime.
_ _ [A] _ _ We [D] got too far from our race and [A] we fought till we went numb, you were running up a mountain
in [E] your own mind, [A] and I thought that I was running too, [D] but I was [A] running from, well
my day will [E] come if it [D] takes a lifetime.
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My day will [E] come if it [D] takes a lifetime. _ _
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