Intro
A#m G# Fm F# Gm
A#m C# Fm A#m
A#m G# Fm F#
A#m C# Fm A#m
[Chorus]
A#m
We only got one life
Fm
So I’m gonna live mine
F# A#m C#
I’ve got my story to tell to the people out there
Fm A#m
For anybody listening
A#m
Only got one life
Fm
So I’m gonna use mine
F# Gm A#m
To help the lost get found
C# Fm A#m
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 1]
D#m G#
I said one life, one love, many gods up above
Fm F# A#m
Spirits within sing a message of love
C#
To the ones who are hurting know this ain’t the end
Fm A#m
Well the sun it goes down but it comes back again
G#
I wanna know, where is the place that you go?
Fm F# A#m
When your heart is hurting and your head is hung low
Fm
Music, sweet music, she takes you away
A#m
Fills you with hope and nurtures your pain
C#
Yes, this is the healing
F# Fm
This is the reason we singing these songs
A#m C# D#m A#m
So the fullness of joy can be felt when everybody sings along
G#
So open up the time has come and we’ve got to be on our way
Fm F# Fm
We’re leaving everything we knew behind with yesterday
A#m C#
And manifesting dreams that turn into reality
Fm A#m
One love to guide, one life to lead
[Chorus]
A#m
Only got one life
Fm F#
So I’m gonna live mine
A#m
I won’t be broken by their rules
C# Fm A#m
Criticized by fools, I know what I am here to bring
A#m
If we only got one life
Fm F#
Then I’m gonna use mine
A#m
To help the lost get found
C# Fm A#m
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 2]
A#m G#
I’m gonna lift up my brothers, not compare myself to others
Fm F# D#m
Focus only on what I can save
A#m
To make the world a better place
C#
Help relate to all them
Fm A#m
Face my problems in a better way
A#m
Said we can learn to lead
G# Fm F# D#m
Speaking of new breeds of men who understand that we must fight to see
A#m
Destruction of the darker way
C#
Here to chase the fear away
Fm A#m
We must secure a place for all
A#m
We’ll be a light in the dark
A#m A# Fm
Blood in the heart, gun at the start
D#m
And the sea it will part
A#m F
For glorious new dawn, of children carry on
Fm A#m
The teachings and the mothers and the fathers, move along
[Bridge]
A#m G#
Said we move, move, we move along
Fm F#
We move, move, we move along
A#m C#
Said move, move, we move along
Fm A#m
Cuz we only got one life
[Chorus]
A#m
We only got one life
Fm F#
So I’m gonna live mine
A#m C#
I said I’m making my way, get better everyday
Fm A#m
Let love determine my direction
A#m
If we only got one life
Fm F#
So I’m gonna use mine
A#m
To help the lost get found
C# Fm
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 3]
A#m
This wheel spins round and round
G# Fm F#
We all have days upside down
A#m C#
Today it might be me, tomorrow may be you
Fm A#m
Take a look at life through the soft eyes of truth
G#
Oh, I’ve been the one who’s lost
Fm F#
Yea we all got work to do
A#m C#
Can you see the angry child inside?
A#m
Hating what they put him through
I wanna set the record straight
D#m
Life is full of tragedy
D#m A#m
But your reaction is the difference
C# Fm
And the difference is the reason that you live in hell or harmony
A#m G#
Call to spirit, can you hear it?
Fm
Can you feel me?
F#
Do not fear it
A#m C#
Moving with you through every moment’s issue
Fm A#m
We never are alone in this oneness we call home
[Chorus]
A#m
We only got one life
G# Fm F#
So I'm gonna live mine
A#m C#
I've got my story to tell to the people out there
Fm A#m
For anybody listening
A#m
Only got one life
G# Fm F#
So I'm gonna use mine
A#m
To help the lost get found
C# Fm A#m
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
N.C.
One life