Snow Patrol - Life And Death: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Life And Death" 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 Life And Death Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Snow Patrol

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 "Life And Death" smoothly on your guitar.

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

A#
Everything is sudden
                        D#
Everything is suddenly alive
G#
All these situations
                      D#
Panic into such sweet calm

I will turn the light on
I will turn the light on everywhere
And I watch you lift your head up
Higher than it was before

   A#
No I don't know how it ends
     D#
For both of us
     G#                                    D#
But why would you need to know the end, my dear?

So don't crash into everything
To make your point
Let's get, get out of the way of us

Chorus:
           G#
I want the lion
             A#
You want the tiger
  Cm  A#  G#
Inside, inside
                G#
Don't wanna be this far
               A#          Cm  A# G#
Don't wanna be so far from you, you

Now everything's forgiven
Everything's forgotten, just look at you
You're shining like a falling
Shining like a falling sword

No, I don't know how it ends
For both of us
But why would you need to know the end, my dear?

So don't crash into everything
To make your point
Let's get, get out of the way of us

Chorus - x2

I don't want to lay this far from you
I don't want to lay this far from you
I don't want to lay this far from you
I don't want to lay this far from you
I don't want to lay this far from you
I don't want to lay this far from you

Don't want to be this far
Don't want to be so far from you, from you
Don't want to be this far
Don't want to be so far from you, from you


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

G#

Guitar chord G#

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 And Death" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Life And Death" by Snow Patrol.

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