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