Hollies - What A Life I've Led
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C G F G F C G F G F C F C F
C Em7 F C
There never was a man so doggone mean
Em7 F G
I wore only black and my eyes were green
C Em7 F C
And I can tell ya, now that I'm very old
Em7 F C
I'd kill any man for a piece of gold
CHORUS:
Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
G F G F C F
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying (yes, I did)
C Em7 F C
I rode into Dodge on a sunny day
Em7 F G
I went there to steal all the railmen's pay
C Em7 F C
And when I left town, all the streets ran red
Em7 F C
I had ten grand in gold, and three guards lay dead
CHORUS:
Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
G F G F C
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying (yes, I did)
INSTRUMENTAL: C Em7 F C F C G C F C F C
BRIDGE:
G F C
I was a bad man with a heart made of stone
G F G
If you were a wise man, you would've left me alone______
C Em7 F C
I've lived all my life, such a lonely one
Em7 F G
Just me and my horse and a fine six-gun
C Em7 F C
I've lived and I've loved and I knew great pain
Em7 F C
But I know now, I'd do it over again, singing
CHORUS:
Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
G F G F C
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying
CHORUS:
Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C Em7 F C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
G F G F C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
G F G F C F
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh