Jason Isbell – The Life You Chose (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] F Am G 2x [Verse]
F       C                    G
Who are you if not the one I met

F        C                          G
One July night before the town went wet?

F        C                   G
Jack and coke in your momma's car.

                     F        C  G
You were reading The Bell Jar.

F         C                         G
Where are you if you're not on your own?

F         C                     G
Always lonely, never quite alone.

F           C                             G
Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find

                   F       C  G
after running the last line?
[Chorus]
F
Are you living the life you chose?

Am                                 G
Are you living the life that chose you?

F
Are you taking the grown up dose?

Am                               G
Do you live with a man who knows you

G                         F   Am
Like I thought I did back then?

Am                    G
But I guess I never did.

      F   Am G
Did I kid?
[Verse]
F     C                          G
I got lucky when I finished school.

F        C                         G
Lost three fingers to a faulty tool.

F        C                           G
Settled out of court. I'm no one's fool.

                F   C  G
You probably knew.

F             C                       G
There's plenty left to make a getaway.

F           C                                 G
I've spent enough nights in the bluegrass state.

        F        C                            G
We could go somewhere where people stay up late,

                F   C  G
or just somewhere new.
[Chorus]
F
Are you living the life you chose?

Am                                 G
Are you living the life that chose you?

F
Are you taking the grown up dose?

Am                               G
Do you live with a man who knows you

G                         F     Am
Like I thought I did back then?

Am                    G
But I guess I never did.

      F   Am G
Did I kid?
[Bridge]
    Dm          G             C                F
And here I am inviting you to throw your life away.

  Dm            G            C
A victim of nostalgia, maybe Tanqueray.

    Dm               G             C                F
But just tonight, I realized I am still in your backseat.

    Dm                G                 C         G
And nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me.
[Chorus]
F
Are you living the life you chose?

Am                                 G
Are you living the life that chose you?

F
Are you taking the grown up dose?

Am                               G
Do you live with a man who knows you

G                         F     Am
Like I thought I did back then?

Am                    G
But I guess I never did.

      F   Am G
Did I kid?