Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Eternal Life" 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 Eternal Life Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Jeff Buckley

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 "Eternal Life" smoothly on your guitar.

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C        G              F   A7 F A7
Eternal Life is now on my trail
        C                      G
Got my red glitter coffin, man,
               F    A7 F A7
just need one last nail
      C                          G
While all these ugly gentlemen play
              F    A7 F A7
out their foolish games
            C            G
There's a flaming red horizon
              F   A7  F A7
that screams our names

Chorus:
G
And as your fantasies are broken in two
         Em
Did you really think this bloody road would
Pave the way for you?
            D/F#
You better turn around
                       A                  Em
and blow your kiss hello to life eternal, angel

Racist everyman, what have you done?
Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son
Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun
All I want to do is love everyone.

Chorus:
G
And as your fantasies are broken in two
         Em
Did you really think this bloody road would
Pave the way for you?
            D/F#
You better turn around
                      A7                C# C F# F B A
and blow your kiss hello to life eternal

A7          C        F#           F
There's no time for hatred, only questions
         B              A                  G
What is love, where is happiness, what is life,
          F
where is peace?
Em
When will I find the strength
to bring me release?

Tell me where is the love
in what your prophet has said?
Man, it sounds to me just like
a prison for the walking dead
And I've got a message for you
and your twisted hell
You better turn around and blow your kiss
goodbye to life eternal angel
Angel


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A7

Guitar chord A7

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

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 "Eternal Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Eternal Life" by Jeff Buckley.