Biography:
Jason Isbell is an alt-country singer /songwriter /guitarist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Best known for his years with the Drive-By Truckers where he played with his then wife, bassist Shonna Tucker. Isbell - who joined the Truckers in 2001 - left the band in early 2007 around the same time as his divorce from Tucker was finalized.
In addition to being a gifted songwriter, Isbell is regarded as an exceptional guitar player. His style is mostly in the alt-country genre, but is also infused with rock and blues elements.
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The Life You Chose
By: Jason Isbell
Intro chords: G Bm A
G D A
Who are you if not the one I met
G D A
One July night before the town went wet
G D A
Jack and coke in your mama's car
G D A
You were reading The Bell Jar
G D A
Where are you if you're not on your own
G D A
Always lonely, never quite alone
G D A
Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find
G D A
After running the last line
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
G D A
I got lucky when I finished school
G D A
Lost three fingers to a faulty tool
G D A
Settled out of court, I'm no one's fool
G D A
You probably knew
G D A
There's plenty left to make a getaway
G D A
I've spent enough nights in the bluegrass state
G D A
We could go somewhere where people stay up late
G D A
Or just somewhere new
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
Bridge:
Em A D G
Here I am inviting you to throw your life away
Em A D
A victim of nostalgia maybe take away
Em A D G
Just tonight I realized that I am still in your backseat
Em A D A
Nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
By: Jason Isbell
Intro chords: G Bm A
G D A
Who are you if not the one I met
G D A
One July night before the town went wet
G D A
Jack and coke in your mama's car
G D A
You were reading The Bell Jar
G D A
Where are you if you're not on your own
G D A
Always lonely, never quite alone
G D A
Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find
G D A
After running the last line
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
G D A
I got lucky when I finished school
G D A
Lost three fingers to a faulty tool
G D A
Settled out of court, I'm no one's fool
G D A
You probably knew
G D A
There's plenty left to make a getaway
G D A
I've spent enough nights in the bluegrass state
G D A
We could go somewhere where people stay up late
G D A
Or just somewhere new
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
Bridge:
Em A D G
Here I am inviting you to throw your life away
Em A D
A victim of nostalgia maybe take away
Em A D G
Just tonight I realized that I am still in your backseat
Em A D A
Nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose
Bm A
Are you living the life that chose you
G
Are you taking the grown up dose
Bm A
Do you live with a man who knows you
A G
Like I thought I did back then
Bm A G Bm A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
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