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