Born Ruffians – I Need A Life (Guitar)

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Red, Yellow and Blue All chords are played as bar chords: A @ the 5th fret C#m @ the 4th fret F#m @ the 9th fret D @ the 5th fret
            A                C#m             F#m                    D
I'm lookin' down, come help me up, been stumblin' round to, tryin' and fill my cup

            A              C#m                      F#m               D                    A
It's half empty, been that way all my life, so come pour some in and take me out tonight

A                                                               A
The sun is shinin' but we stay inside (oh but we go out at night)
C#m C#m7 (lift pinky finger) Stay in lookin' for a better life (oh but we go out at night)
F#m                                                       F#m
Put up curtains, block out the light (oh but we go out at night)

D                                                                D
And we stay in bed till we feel alright (oh but we go out at night)
Bridge*: x6 (first two times just guitar, next four share contain two loops of the lyrics below) Chords are A7 D7 G D
e|--3--8--7--5--7--5------5--|
B|--2--7--7--5--7--x--or--3--|
G|--2--7--7--5--7--5------5--|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x------x--|
A|--x--x--x--x--x--x------x--|
E|--x--x--x--x--x--x------x--|

       A7
I need meaning

  D7
I need a mission

  G
I need a path

  D
I need conviction

  A7               D7
I need a life I've never had

       G                  D
I need much more good and much less bad

       A7
I need meaning

  D7
I need a mission

  G
I need a path

  D
I need conviction

  A7               D7
I need a life I've never had

       G                  D
I need much more good and much less bad
A
A                                                               A
The sun is shinin' but we stay inside (oh but we go out at night)

C#m                                              C#m7
Stay in lookin' for a better life (oh but we go out at night)

F#m                                                       F#m
Put up curtains, block out the light (oh but we go out at night)

D                                                                D
And we stay in bed till we feel alright (oh but we go out at night)
Repeat Bridge Riff: 6 times (this time all the lyrics are read once, starting from the third time)
        A7
I found meaning

  D7
I found a mission

  G
I found a lord

  D
I found religion

  A7                D7
I found something I never had

    G                      D
I'm not sure what but it's not half bad

        A7
and I'm glad

    D7
I'm so, so glad

      G                D
Those party habits are gone and dead

    A7                D7
I'm turning in my old sinful ways

      G                      D
For a dull new life so I can pray, pray, pray
A A
A                                                               A
The sun is shinin' but we stay inside (oh but we go out at night)

C#m                                              C#m7
Stay in lookin' for a better life (oh but we go out at night)

F#m                                                       F#m
Put up curtains, block out the light (oh but we go out at night)

D                                                                D
And we stay in bed till we feel alright (oh but we go out at night)

A                                                  A
                                                    (oh but we go out at night)

C#m                                            C#m7
                                                    (oh but we go out at night)

F#m                                             F#m
                                                     (oh but we go out at night)

D                                                  D
                                                     (oh but we go out at night)

A
I need a life

C#m
I've never had

F#m
I need so much more good, lord

D
and much less bad
Repeat chord progression until outro, end on A