Good Life Of Song Cifras

From the astonishing album "This Wild Willing" by Glen Hansard.
 
 
Fade in with Am
 
 
Am G F x2
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
          Am
Well, I call this room to order
         G                      F
Gather round now and hear my song
            Am
If you're drunk or at its border
         G                     F
Listen well, this won't take long
            Am
There's no doubting fortune's favour
          G                    F
When it tells you you're the one
             Am
But may the real fruits of your labour
     G            F
Be sown by you alone
 
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
           C
Oh, good life of singing
       F
Good life of song
            Am                 F
Won't you grant us our full measure
 
When our day is done
           C
Oh, good wine and winning
       F
Good nights so long
           Am                   F
Won't you ease us through our toiling
 
The road is very long
 
  Am    G  F
 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
        Am
After long weeks in the corner
            G                     F
Where the wine won't make you drunk
         Am
But you held your place with honour
            G                     F
Among the bards and the troubadours
             Am
This is no roaming lamentation
    G                    F
No ode to those who've gone
        Am
But a joyful incantation
         G                F
To the road we've come upon
 
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
          C
Oh, good life of singing
      F
Good life of song
            Am                F
Won't you ease us through our toiling
 
The road is very long
          C
Oh, good wine and winning
       F
Good nights so long
            Am                 F
Won't you grant us our full measure
 
For now we must go on
      Am
Must go on
 
 
 
[Post Chorus 1]
 
      G         F
Good life of singing
              Am
Good life of song
      G         F
Good life of singing
              Am
Good life of song
      G         F
Good life of singing
              Am     G  F
Good life of song
 
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
    Am
Go tell it on the mountain
           G                   F
Let them know we passed this way
           Am
Let them see we came as equals
           G                  F
Let them know we weren't afraid
             Am
And they'll feel your love of music
    G                F
In every note you play
            Am
Well, it leaves you if you don't use it
  G                  F
Don't let it slip away
 
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
          C
Oh, good life of singing
      F
Good life of song
           Am              F
How you granted us our measure
 
When our work was done
          C
Oh, good days of drinking
        F
Good nights so long
         Am                    F
How you eased us through our toiling
 
For now we must go on
      Am
Must go on
 
 
 
[Post Chorus 2]
 
      G        F
Good life of singing
               Am
Good life of song
      G        F
Good life of singing
               Am
Good life of song
      G        F
Good life of singing
              Am
Good life of song
      G        F
Good life of singing
               Am    G    F
Good life so long
 
 
 
End on Am strum
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