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