The Life You Lead
Barclay James Harvest
BJH - The Life You Lead from Welcome To The Show There’s a [C]life that burns When the [F]night has [C]come You’re the [C]one I see And I [F]can’t say [C]no []Take me []by the []hand [F] Can’t believe that you want it to be Just the [C]game and we’re playing the [G]parts [F] Such a feeling it won’t let me be Like an [C]arrow that’s straight for the [G]heart ’Cause the [C]one you want Is the [F]one you [C]lose And the [C]life you lead Is the [F]one you [C]choose []Help me []on the []way B|a-8-----|--------|--------|--------| |9-7-----|7---9---|5------|7--99---| A|--------|5---7---|3---8---|5--77---| |--------|--------|--------|--------| e|--------|--------|--------|--------| B|--------|--------|--------|--------| G|--------|4---5---|--------|--------| D|5-7-----|4---5---|5--77---|--------| A|5-7-----|2---3---|5--77---|--------| E|3-5-----|--------|3--55---|--------| [repeat] Tell me []why__[]__ you fill up my []life this way Take me []high__[]__ together we’ll []fly away B|a-8-----|--------|--------|--------| |9-7-----|7---9---|5------|7--99---| A|--------|5---7---|3---8---|5--77---| |--------|--------|--------|--------| e|--------|--------|--------|--------| B|--------|--------|--------|--------| G|--------|4---5---|--------|--------| D|5-7-----|4---5---|5--77---|--------| A|5-7-----|2---3---|5--77---|--------| E|3-5-----|--------|3--55---|--------| [repeat] [F] Can’t believe that you want it to be Just the [C]game and we’re playing the [G]parts [F] Such a feeling it won’t let me be Like an [C]arrow that’s straight for the [G]heart ’Cause the [C]one you want Is the [F]one you [C]lose And the [C]life you lead Is the [F]one you [C]choose []Help me []on the []way --- The following is sung as a counter melody with the final chorus: We need someone Help us along Too many people can’t find a way We need someone To carry on Helping us on the way --- ’Cause the [C]one you want Is the We need someone____ [F]one you [C]lose Help us along___ Too many people can’t find a way___ [C]life you lead Is the We need someone [F]one you [C]choose To carry on Helping us on the way