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