Black Sabbath - Killing Yourself to Live: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Killing Yourself to Live" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Killing Yourself to Live Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Black Sabbath

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Killing Yourself to Live" smoothly on your guitar.

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

Bm
Well, people look and people stare
Well, I don’t think that I even care
You work your life away and what do they give?
You're only killing yourself to live

Chorus:
 G          F#       Bm A G#
Killing yourself to live
 G          F#       Bm
Killing yourself to live

Just take a look around you, what do you see?
Pain, suffering, and misery
It's not the way that the world was meant
It's a pity, you don't understand

Chorus

Bm           A           G#
I'm telling you, believe in me,
       G         F#
nobody else will tell you
Bm          A               G#       G   F#
Open your eyes and see the lies, oh yeah
(Smoke it, get high)

You think that I'm crazy and, baby,
I know that it's true
Before that you know it
I think that you'll go crazy too

F#
I don't know if I'm up or down
Whether black is white or blue is brown
The colors of my life are all different somehow
Little boy blue's a big girl now

So you think it's me who's strange
But you've never had to make the change
Never give your trust away
You'll end up paying till your dying day


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "Killing Yourself to Live" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Killing Yourself to Live" by Black Sabbath.

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