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