Tom: Am
Am G Em F F#m
Am C Em Am
Am G Em F
Am C Em Am
[Chorus]
Am
We only got one life
Em
So I’m gonna live mine
F Am C
I’ve got my story to tell to the people out there
Em Am
For anybody listening
Am
Only got one life
Em
So I’m gonna use mine
F F#m Am
To help the lost get found
C Em Am
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 1]
Dm G
I said one life, one love, many gods up above
Em F Am
Spirits within sing a message of love
C
To the ones who are hurting know this ain’t the end
Em Am
Well the sun it goes down but it comes back again
G
I wanna know, where is the place that you go?
Em F Am
When your heart is hurting and your head is hung low
Em
Music, sweet music, she takes you away
Am
Fills you with hope and nurtures your pain
C
Yes, this is the healing
F Em
This is the reason we singing these songs
Am C Dm Am
So the fullness of joy can be felt when everybody sings along
G
So open up the time has come and we’ve got to be on our way
Em F Em
We’re leaving everything we knew behind with yesterday
Am C
And manifesting dreams that turn into reality
Em Am
One love to guide, one life to lead
[Chorus]
Am
Only got one life
Em F
So I’m gonna live mine
Am
I won’t be broken by their rules
C Em Am
Criticized by fools, I know what I am here to bring
Am
If we only got one life
Em F
Then I’m gonna use mine
Am
To help the lost get found
C Em Am
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 2]
Am G
I’m gonna lift up my brothers, not compare myself to others
Em F Dm
Focus only on what I can save
Am
To make the world a better place
C
Help relate to all them
Em Am
Face my problems in a better way
Am
Said we can learn to lead
G Em F Dm
Speaking of new breeds of men who understand that we must fight to see
Am
Destruction of the darker way
C
Here to chase the fear away
Em Am
We must secure a place for all
Am
We’ll be a light in the dark
Am A Em
Blood in the heart, gun at the start
Dm
And the sea it will part
Am E
For glorious new dawn, of children carry on
Em Am
The teachings and the mothers and the fathers, move along
[Bridge]
Am G
Said we move, move, we move along
Em F
We move, move, we move along
Am C
Said move, move, we move along
Em Am
Cuz we only got one life
[Chorus]
Am
We only got one life
Em F
So I’m gonna live mine
Am C
I said I’m making my way, get better everyday
Em Am
Let love determine my direction
Am
If we only got one life
Em F
So I’m gonna use mine
Am
To help the lost get found
C Em
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 3]
Am
This wheel spins round and round
G Em F
We all have days upside down
Am C
Today it might be me, tomorrow may be you
Em Am
Take a look at life through the soft eyes of truth
G
Oh, I’ve been the one who’s lost
Em F
Yea we all got work to do
Am C
Can you see the angry child inside?
Am
Hating what they put him through
I wanna set the record straight
Dm
Life is full of tragedy
Dm Am
But your reaction is the difference
C Em
And the difference is the reason that you live in hell or harmony
Am G
Call to spirit, can you hear it?
Em
Can you feel me?
F
Do not fear it
Am C
Moving with you through every moment’s issue
Em Am
We never are alone in this oneness we call home
[Chorus]
Am
We only got one life
G Em F
So I'm gonna live mine
Am C
I've got my story to tell to the people out there
Em Am
For anybody listening
Am
Only got one life
G Em F
So I'm gonna use mine
Am
To help the lost get found
C Em Am
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
N.C.
One life
