Ben Howard - Life In The Time: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Life In The Time" 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.
A# F/A How was I to know? Gm F D# Kinship there in the reverie A# It’s a climbing wind F/A We go through Gm F Two by two D# Not asking why How was I to sing? Happens all of the time they say You and I, supposed to know Each other Better than the clouds these days It’s a madding century Clearly Honest Always Chorus: Gm F Cm Life in the time of captivity Love in the time of sanctuary Life in the time of captivity Life in the time of singing songs How was I to know? How was I to know? Kinship there in the reverie Guess it goes to show We don’t speak Half truths each When we have the day It’s a climbing wind We go through Two by two Not asking why It was all a show then Blue river true Running through you Always Chorus How was I to know? How was I to know? Some go out to Rikers in a moment's grace I was hanging on coattails, fare thee wells All that jiving around Guess it goes to show We don’t speak half truths each When we have the day You and I, supposed to know You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  A#  Cm  D#  F  Gm  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 "Life In The Time" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Life In The Time" by Ben Howard.