Misc Originals – David Warmke - The Good Life (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Chorus]
D                             A
Living he good life all my life

C                                   G
From a spoiled kid to leisure college student

D                                A
Running a business, making money bigtime

C                                    G
Retire at 55, then it call changed, all gone

Bm                                  F#m
Then, the real good life, it finally started
[Verse 1]
D                                       A
Living a life he world sees as good, as blessed

C                         G
Viet Nam draft ended on my 18th,

D                               A
Dinking age now to 18 on my 18th birthday

C                             G
I thought I was living in heaven
[Verse 2]
D                                A
Went to college full ride, my parents

C                                 G
Loved it drinking, playing, and learning.

D                            A
Degree in Physics UT Austin in 81

C                                            G
Then driving Tonka Toys, running a Landscape company SA
[Verse 3]
Bm                                   F#m
Got married Life was good, then almost died

Bm                      F#m
Took a year off to recover

Bm                    C      G
My wife started a printing company

D                       A           C           G
It took off, me on the back-end accounting and coding
[Verse 4]
D                                                      A
Started Sailing, had two kids, high school football star boys

C                                                      G
Got into real estate, short term rentals, 6 businesses in all

D                                           A
A big growing nest egg, looking to retire early at 55

C                                                G
Relax, live a life of leisure, maybe single hand sail to Europe
[Verse 5]
Bm                               F#m
Then at 57 it was all gone the good life over

Bm                      F#m
Divorce, wealth but no income

Bm                        C      G
Sat at home with my good lab at my side

D                    A           C           G
Real life, the real good one just started, I did not know
[Verse 6]
D                           A
Fourteen years of Jesus boot camp

C                        G
Stopped following the world

D                                     A
Started following Him, looking crazy to the world

C                                              G
Being refined by fire, preparation for the real good life
[Verse 7]
D                                   A
Now a writer, troubadour, speaker, and leader

C                                   G
Raised up by Him living off Social Security,

D                                     A
His hand providing all I need, keeping me humble

C                                         G
Singing Songs, songs of that Good News Lone Star Gospel
[Verse 8]
Am                               Em
Speaking Truth, speaking at City Council

Am                                  Em
Ringing Truth, ringing hand bells at St Paul

Am                                        Em
Singing Truth, singing in the choir at St Paul

D                         A           C           G
Writing and singing that Good News Lone Star Gospel to you
[Verse 9]
Am                                          Em
Singing At the Redbird, Killing Room and here and now

Am                                Em
Living the real good life, following Him

Am                             Em
His voice, His hands on earth, wow

Am                      Em
Been living the good life all my life

D                    A           C           G
Now living the real good life simply following Jesus
[Chorus]
D                      A
Living he good life all my life

C                                   G
From a spoiled kid to leisure college student

D                                 A
Running a business, making money bigtime

C                                       G
Retire at 55, then it call changed, all gone

Bm                                     F#m
Then, the real good life, it finally started