Artist: Dave Barnes
Album: Stories to Tell
Open standard tuning.
The { C9 C Cmaj7 } run which appears a few times at the end of various parts
(intro, interlude and mid-verses) is played using the following voicings:
C9: X32013
C: X32010
Cmaj7: X32000
Intro:
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 C9 C Cmaj7
Verse 1:
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Let's get to bed early
Cmaj7
Sneak out right before the sunrise
Fmaj7
We don't need all the goodbyes
C9 C Cmaj7
We won't be gone for long
Fmaj7
Oh, baby, don't worry
Cmaj7
I hid away a little money
Fmaj7
We don't need much, honey
Cmaj7
Enough just to get us home
Pre-chorus 1:
Fmaj C G
Let's don't wait 'til love comes undone
Chorus:
C
There's life to be lived
Am
And stories to tell
Em
Lessons to learn
Fmaj7 F
We don't know yet
C
Nothing to lack, looking back
Am F G
Knowing that we have lived it well
G Fmaj7
With stories to tell
Interlude:
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Verse 2:
Fmaj7
What about California
Cmaj7
LA out by the seaside?
Fmaj7
Watch the sun turn to moonlight
C9 C Cmaj7
Then stay up and talk 'til dawn
Fmaj7
Maybe Carolina
Cmaj7
Hide out up in the mountains
Fmaj7
A week or two, no one's counting
Cmaj7
Come back before too long
Pre-chorus 2:
Fmaj C G
We won't wait 'til love comes undone
Chorus:
C
There's life to be lived
Am
And stories to tell
Em
Lessons to learn
Fmaj7 F
We don't know yet
C
Nothing to lack, looking back
Am F G
Knowing that we have lived it well
G F
With stories to tell
Bridge 1:
F
The sea and the cities
C
The runway lights
Am
The highway humming
G
Staying awake all night
F
How all those mountains
C
Turned to desert sand
Am
Let's just disappear
G
Come on baby, take my hand
Part-chorus:
C
There's life to be lived
Am
And stories to tell
Em
Lessons to learn
Fmaj7 (let ring)
We don't know yet
Chorus:
C
There's life to be lived
Am
And stories to tell
Em
Lessons to learn
Fmaj7 F
We don't know yet
C
Nothing to lack, looking back
Am F G
Knowing that we have lived it well
G F
With stories to tell
Bridge 2:
F
The sea and the cities
C
The runway lights
Am
The highway humming
G
Staying awake all night
F
How all those mountains
C
Turned to desert sand
Am C9 C Cmaj7
Let's disappear