VERSE 1 - Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming - Em It takes a crane to build a crane Am It takes two floors to make a story C It takes an egg to make a hen C It takes a hen to make an egg G Bm There is no end to what I'm saying Em It takes a thought to make a word Am And it takes some word to make an action C And It takes some work to make it work C It takes some good to make it hurt G Bm It takes some bad for satisfaction Chorus - Plucking, finger-picking, and light strumming - Em Am La la la la la la la life is wonderful D G - Gb - optional transition - Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle Em Am Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful D Al la la la la VERSE 2 - Strumming - Em It takes a night to make it dawn Am And it takes a day to make you yawn brother C It takes some old to make you young C It takes some cold to know the sun G B It takes the one to have the other Drums Em And It takes no time to fall in love Am But it takes you years to know what love is C And It takes some fears to make you trust C It takes those tears to make it rust G B It takes the dust to have it polished Chorus 2 Em Am Ha la la la la la la life is wonderful D G - Gb - optional - Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle Em Am Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful D Em - until next Verse - Ah la la la la la la life is so... Bridge: Em VERSE 3 Em It takes some silence to make sound Am And It takes a loss before you found it C And It takes a road to go nowhere C It takes a toll to make you care G B It takes a hole to make a mountain Chorus 3 Em Am Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful D G - Gb - optional - Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle Em Am Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful D G - Gb - optional - Ah la la la la la la love is meaningful Em Am Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful D D Ah la la la la la la... Em It is so wonderful Em - until the end - It is so meaningful Em It is so wonderful Em It is meaningful Em It is wonderful Em And meaningful Em It goes full circle Em Wonderful Em Meaningful Em Full Circle Em Wonderful ...
For those having trouble with Bm, may I ask if you are barring the second fret? If you aren’t, then you can bar the second fret with your index finger (if you want, you can place your middle finger on top of your index so that it will be pushed down more) and then place either your middle or ring finger on the G string in the fourth fret.
Hope this helped!
I like adding an A before the G on the end of the chorus. It makes the transition between the Bm and the G smoother.
I replaced the Bm with D and it sounded much better for me
one of my favorite songs and artists!
it sounds better if u do single up strums
If you want, you can add an A chord after the second Bm at the end of the chorus e.g. would roses (G) bloooooooooooooooooooom? (Bm) could roses (G) bloooooooooooooooooom? (Bm) (A) again (G) idk if that helps 🙂
-2 is the easiest and sounds exactly like the song <33
I suggest a down mute for each chord besides the chorus
Is there any chords I could use that are easier than Bm? I’m struggling to get my fingers in the right place and it doesn’t sound right
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