Chords for One Life to Live, from Lady in the Dark - Kurt Weill

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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ [Gb] There _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ are [Eb] many minds in circulation [Cm] _ [Bb] Believing in _ reincarnation
[Bm] And you [C] see one doesn't agree [F] _ _ [Eb] Challenging possible [Bb] fronts
I believe [Eb] I only live [Bb] once _
[Eb] _ [E] On a man's planet
[Gm] I want to make the most of it If there's a party, [E] I want to be the host of [Fm] it
If there's a haunted house, I want to be [G] the ghost of it
[Fm] If I'm in hell, I _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] say to me [G] every _ morning _ [Cm] You've only one life to _ [Bb] _ _ [G] live
So [Gb] what the d [D]- [Fm] Let's let the [Dm] sun [C] in
And [F] gloop and jump [Abm] in the _ [Bb] rive _ [Eb] No use [F] to beat on [G] the dull _
[G] drums
[Cm] Let's get [Fm] _ _ _ _
imaginative [Eb] _ Each time [C] it's numbered
[Fm]
Then it's a [Eb] word With only one life to live
[E] [A] Why let [D] the goblins [Gm] upset you?
[Cm] One smile and [D] see how they _ run
And [C] one does worrying at [Fm] you [Fm] _ Nothing, [Em]
the thing, is [A] to have _ [Eb] fun
All this [Ab] may sound kind [G] of _ hackneyed [Cm] But [Fm] it's the best I can [Ab] _ give
[Gm] _
So comes [Gb] December [Fm] So please remember
[Eb] _
You've only one life to [B] live Just _
_ [Eb] one life to _ live
[D] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ What you [Ab] collect at [Eb] the [G] brimestone _ [Cm] _ [Fm] Becomes a millstoning [Ab]
plaque
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] This is [C] my thesis [Fm]
My gold [Gm] pieces
[Eb] Step out while you're in your prime
You may say [D] I'm an _ [G] escapist But [Cm] I would rather [D]
my [Bb] _ far
[Db] Be that than be a [Fm] red capist [D] Speed [E] me, speed me [Fm] straight to the [Eb] bar
And [Cm] laugh at old me [G] with _ pressurely Chases [Fm] underneath the _ [Eb] wall
_ _ [Gm] Then [Gb] you're the [Fm] winner of [E] the door [Eb]
I've only [Fm] one life [Eb] to [B] live
Just [Eb] one [Bb] lifetime _ _ _ _
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