Blondie - Live It Up: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Live It Up" 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 Live It Up Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Blondie

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 "Live It Up" smoothly on your guitar.

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

Em               A7
Your old lover's lying in the gutter
Em                    A7
He used to be such an all night strutter
C#m                A
"Oh, my heart," I heard him mutter
C#m              G#m
"Oh, my dear, it seems to flutter"
G#m         F#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!

F#          C#m A  C#m A
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!

It's so hard to say "No"
When the deck is stacked to only go slow
It's easy sweet to live it up
An easy street when you've had enough
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!

F#           E    Esus4
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!

A              B
Darkened night, splashing light
E                  C#
Soft and white and so polite
A              B
Let him in, beneath the rim
   E                   C#
Beneath the skin, your next of kin
A              B
Cleansing fire, funeral pyre
E            C#
Broken wire grown inside her
A           B
Secret hush, swollen rush
      E              C#m       A  C#m A
It's soft and plush. It's so plush

You know it's so passé
To sleep without you every day
So easy to do your stuff
So easy to live it up
G#m         F#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
F#           C#m   A    C#m  A
Aa-aa-aa-aa. Aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A7

Guitar chord A7

C#

Guitar chord C#

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

Esus4

Guitar chord Esus4

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

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 "Live It Up" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Live It Up" by Blondie.