Jason Isbell – The Life You Chose (Guitar)

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By: Jason Isbell Intro chords: G Bm A
G       D                    A
Who are you if not the one I met

G        D                          A
One July night before the town went wet

G        D                   A
Jack and coke in your mama's car

                     G        D  A
You were reading The Bell Jar

G         D                         A
Where are you if you're not on your own

G      D                    A
Always lonely, never quite alone

G           D                          A
Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find

                  G          D  A
After running the last line
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose

Bm                                A 
Are you living the life that chose you

G
Are you taking the grown up dose

Bm                              A 
Do you live with a man who knows you

A                        G  
Like I thought I did back then

Bm                  A            G      Bm  A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?

G     D                     A
I got lucky when I finished school

G          D                   A
Lost three fingers to a faulty tool

G       D                          A
Settled out of court, I'm no one's fool

         G         D  A
You probably knew

G           D                    A
There's plenty left to make a getaway

G           D                             A
I've spent enough nights in the bluegrass state

G        D                                 A
We could go somewhere where people stay up late

            G          D  A
Or just somewhere new
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose

Bm                                A 
Are you living the life that chose you

G
Are you taking the grown up dose

Bm                              A 
Do you live with a man who knows you

A                        G  
Like I thought I did back then

Bm                  A            G      Bm  A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?
Bridge:
Em          A            D                G      
Here I am inviting you to throw your life away

  Em           A           D
A victim of nostalgia maybe Tanqueray

Em             A                 D                 G 
Just tonight I realized that I am still in your backseat

Em               A                D           A 
Nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me
Chorus:
G
Are you living the life you chose

Bm                                A 
Are you living the life that chose you

G
Are you taking the grown up dose

Bm                              A 
Do you live with a man who knows you

A                        G  
Like I thought I did back then

Bm                  A            G      Bm  A
But I guess I never did, who did I kid?