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