Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "This Is The Life" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

        C#m
Oh, the wind whistles down
     A
The cold dark street tonight
         E                     G#m
And the people they were dancing to the music vibe
        C#m
And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair
            A
While the shy tormented youth sit way over there
         E
And the songs they get louder
                       G#m
Each one better than before

Chorus:
                       C#m
And you're singing the songs,
thinking this is the life
                        A
And you wake up in the morning
and your head feels twice the size
                      E
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
                        G#m
Where you gonna sleep tonight
                        C#m
And you're singing the songs,
thinking this is the life
                        A
And you wake up in the morning
and your head feels twice the size
                      E
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
                        G#m
Where you gonna sleep tonight
                        C#m
Where you gonna sleep tonight

So you're heading down the road in your taxi for four
And you're waiting outside Jimmy's front door
But nobody's in, and nobody's home till four
So you're sitting there with nothing to do
Talking about Robert Riger and his motley crew
And where you gonna go and where you gonna sleep tonight

Chorus

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning
And your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning
And your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "This Is The Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "This Is The Life" by Amy Macdonald.