Goo Goo Dolls – Lifes A Message (Bass Tab)
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Band: Goo Goo Dolls
Song: Life's a Message
Album: Miracle Pill (2020)
Tabbed for: Bass
Listen to the song for exact timing and rhythm.
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I reference both the studio album as well as live recordings (when available) to ensure the proper "tonality".
[Intro}
F# D A E
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[Verse}
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Don’t cry because it’s over now. Smile because it was ours.
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F# D A E
Keep your feet firm on the ground. Your eyes fixed on the stars. ‘Cause it
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never mattered who you are.
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[Chorus]
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Make your life a message. And bring light to all you see. And
(To all you see.)
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make your words a message that will be, a blessing coming back to me.
(That will be.)
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Make your life a storybook, with no apologies.
(no apologies)
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D A. E
Make your life a message and you'll be, A blessing coming back to me.
(That will be.)
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F# D A E
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh.
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[Break]
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[Verse}
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All I know of life and love. I wrestled into words.
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Rest assured that life goes on. And moves on its own terms. So be
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careful ‘cause it might just burn.
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[Chorus]
D C# F# E
Make your life a message. And bring light to all you see. And
(To all you see.)
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D C# E
make your words a message that will be, a blessing coming back to me.
(That will be.)
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D C# F# E
Make your life a storybook, with no apologies.
(no apologies)
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D A. E
Make your life a message and you'll be, A blessing coming back to me.
(And you'll be.)
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F# D A E
Life’s a message. Life’s a message. Life’s a message. Life’s a message.
(Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh.) (Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh.) (Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh.) (Life's a blessing.)
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F# D A E
Life’s a message. Life’s a message. Life’s a message. Life’s a message.
(Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh.) (Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh.) (Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh.) (Life's a blessing.)
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