No Capo || Tuning: EADGBe (standard) Em7 022033 Dsus4 xx0233 C9 x32033 Dadd9 x5403x (Sweet sound) Asus4 x02033 G 320033 *The song was originally recorded in half-step down, but it's perfectly fine to play this in standard tuning.
e|--------------------| \ B|-0------------------| \ G|----0-----2---0-----| then C9 \ 4 times D|-------0---------4--| / A|--------------------| / E|-0--------3---------| / *Play a Dsus4 on the fourth time before going into verse [Verse I] Em7 Dsus4 C9 Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up? Em7 G C9 Am I still your charm, or am I just ba--d luck? Em7 G C9 Dadd9 (pause) Are we getting closer, or are we just getting mo--re lost? Em7 Dsus4 C9 I'll show you mine; if you show me yours first Em7 G C9 Let's compare scars, I'll tell you who's, is worse Em7 G C9 Dadd9 Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own.... words [Chorus] Em7 C9 G Asus4 We live on front porches and swing life away, Em7 C9 G Asus4 We get by just fine here on minimum wage Em7 C9 G Asus4 If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, Em7 C9 Asus4 Dsus4 (Pause) I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand [Verse] Em7 Dsus4 C9 I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move Em7 G C9 The winter's so cold, the summer's over too - β soon Em7 G C9 Dadd9 (Pause) So let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow
Em7 Dsus4 C9 I've got some friends, some that I hardly know Em7 G C9 But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world Em7 Dsus4 C9 Dadd9 We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will.... go [Chorus] Em7 C9 G Asus4 We live on front porches and swing life away, Em7 C9 G Asus4 We get by just fine here on minimum wage Em7 C9 G Asus4 If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, Em7 C9 Asus4 Dsus4 I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand Asus4 Dsus4 until you hold my hand [Solo] Em7 - G - C9 - Dsus4 | 2 Em7 - G - C9 - Dadd4 | times Dadd4 (Pause) *Em7 *Dsus4 *C9 I'll show you mine; if you show me yours first *Em7 *G *C9 Let's compare scars, I'll tell you who's, is worse Em7 G C9 Dadd9 Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own.... words [Chorus] Em7 C9 G Asus4 We live on front porches and swing life away, Em7 C9 G Asus4 We get by just fine here on minimum wage Em7 C9 G Asus4 If love is a labor I'll slave till the end, Em7 C9 Asus4 Dsus4 I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand [Outro] Em7 G C9 | Swing life away, | (4 times) e|------------| B|--0---------| G|-----0------| then G D|--------2---| A|------------| E|------------|