Glen Hansard – Good Life Of Song (Guitar)

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From the astonishing album "This Wild Willing" by Glen Hansard. Fade in with Am Am G F x2 [Verse 1]
          Am
Well, I call this room to order

         G                      F
Gather round now and hear my song

            Am
If you're drunk or at its border

         G                     F
Listen well, this won't take long

            Am
There's no doubting fortune's favour

          G                    F
When it tells you you're the one

             Am
But may the real fruits of your labour

     G            F
Be sown by you alone
[Chorus 1]
           C
Oh, good life of singing

       F
Good life of song

            Am                 F
Won't you grant us our full measure
When our day is done
           C
Oh, good wine and winning

       F
Good nights so long

           Am                   F
Won't you ease us through our toiling
The road is very long Am G F [Verse 2]
        Am
After long weeks in the corner

            G                     F
Where the wine won't make you drunk

         Am
But you held your place with honour

            G                     F
Among the bards and the troubadours

             Am
This is no roaming lamentation

    G                    F
No ode to those who've gone

        Am
But a joyful incantation

         G                F
To the road we've come upon
[Chorus 2]
          C
Oh, good life of singing

      F
Good life of song

            Am                F
Won't you ease us through our toiling
The road is very long
          C
Oh, good wine and winning

       F
Good nights so long

            Am                 F
Won't you grant us our full measure
For now we must go on
      Am
Must go on
[Post Chorus 1]
      G         F
Good life of singing

              Am
Good life of song

      G         F
Good life of singing

              Am
Good life of song

      G         F
Good life of singing

              Am     G  F
Good life of song
[Verse 3]
    Am
Go tell it on the mountain

           G                   F
Let them know we passed this way

           Am
Let them see we came as equals

           G                  F
Let them know we weren't afraid

             Am
And they'll feel your love of music

    G                F
In every note you play

            Am
Well, it leaves you if you don't use it

  G                  F
Don't let it slip away
[Chorus 3]
          C
Oh, good life of singing

      F
Good life of song

           Am              F
How you granted us our measure
When our work was done
          C
Oh, good days of drinking

        F
Good nights so long

         Am                    F
How you eased us through our toiling
For now we must go on
      Am
Must go on
[Post Chorus 2]
      G        F
Good life of singing

               Am
Good life of song

      G        F
Good life of singing

               Am
Good life of song

      G        F
Good life of singing

              Am
Good life of song

      G        F
Good life of singing

               Am    G    F
Good life so long
End on Am strum