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