Metric - Long to Live: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Long to Live" 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.

Em        C                Em
When you walk with my back up
     Bm                Em
Any woman with no make up
 C                    B7
How you gonna sing at all?

Fight what I fake up
Fake what I made up
How we gonna sing at all?

Chorus:
Em
All the while
C
All the while
G/B
All the while
Am
All the while
F
All the while
All the while
All the while
                                Em
All the while, the while, the while

Walk with my back up
Woman with no make up
How you gonna sing at all?
When you gave what I gave up
Fake what I figured
How we gonna sing at all?

Chorus

Haven't got long to live
Haven't got long to live
Haven't got long to live
To live
To live

Chorus

Haven't got long to live
Haven't got long to live
Haven't got long to live
To live
To live


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

B7

Guitar chord B7

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 "Long to Live" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Long to Live" by Metric.