The Jam – Life From A Window (Guitar)

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15th September 2000, 2.39pm [email protected] Shaun Hand, Birmingham (Paul Weller) From the LP 'This Is The Modern World' After every A - play Asus4, it looked too messy when I wrote it out, but if you listen to the record, you'll get the idea. Chords used: G: 320033 D: xx0232 A: x02220 Asus4: x02230 Dsus4: xx0233 Bm: x24432 F: 133211 C: x32010 Dsus2: xx0230 N.C. One, two, three, four G
G                       D    A
Looking from a hilltop,

G                           D      A
Watching from a lighthouse,   just dreaming.

G                            D      A
Up here I can see the world.

G                       D            A
Sometimes it don't look nice, that's okay.

G                            D                    Dsus4 D
Life from a window, I'm just taking in the view.

G                     Asus4               A
Life from a window, observing everything around you.
G
G                      D      A
Staring at a grey sky,

G                   D                A
Ooh, I try to paint it blue, teenage blue.

G                            D                   Dsus4 D
Life from a window, I'm just taking in the view.

G                   Asus4              A
Life from a window, watching everyone around you.
A
Bm                   F               C                         G    A
Some people that you see around you, tell you how devoted they are,

Bm                      F              G                    Asus4               A
They tell you something on Sunday, but come Monday, they've changed their minds.

G                         D     A
I'm looking from a skyscraper,

G                               D            A         Asus4 A
I'm standing on the post office tower, so  I can see,

                D    Dsus2  D
All there is to see.
D Dsus2 D x3
    G                       D                    Dsus4 D
Oh, life from a window, I'm taking in the view,

G                   Asus4                A
Life from a window, watching everything around you.

G                         D     A
I'm looking from a skyscraper,

G                               D           A        Asus4 A
I'm standing on the post office tower, so I can see,

                G    D  A  D
All there is to see.