Mandolin Orange
Life on a string


Capo V

Intro

Dm , C, F, G, B, C
Dm , C, F, G, B, C
 
 
    F             Am                             Dm
If all this is easy and all that we need
                            B                                 F       C
we’ve fallen behind, we’ve fallen behind
F                              Am                              Dm
 you can dig all you like and make a big pile
                              B                                    Am        C
and sing all the while, and sing all the while


Dm                         C                                       F
 But you’re just a boy who strummed the right chord
Dm                     C               F        
  and I’m just a boy who gave an ear
Am  Dm            Am    B           F                               C                       F
write,         it’s alright,    I’m shedding my skin instead of these tears


Swimming alone and torn in between
 life in a dream or life on a string
living atop our own little hills
 perched for the kill, we’re perched for the kill

and you’re just a boy who strummed the right chord
and I’m just a boy who gave an ear
write, it’s alright, I’m shedding my skin instead of these tears

Instrumental:


If love was the light first seen at our birth
 and then all the earth, and then all the earth
how can it fall so far behind
 try to remind me, and I’ll try to remind

But you’re just a boy who strummed the right chord
and I’m just a boy who gave an ear
write, it’s alright, write, it’s alright, write