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Date: 3/19/97; 11:27:20 PM
From: Bruce DeBoard 
Subject: Alison Krauss - Song for Life


Alison Krauss - Song For Life
written by Rodney Crowell
Album: Too Late To Cry (1987)
Transcribed by Bruce DeBoard (deboard@pa.uky.edu)

This song has been done by several different people, including The
Seldom Scene, and Alan Jackson.  But this is the version I have
heard most.

There is some arpeggiation during the intro, but I will leave that
to you to figure out.

[Intro]  D A Bm D7 G A7 D A      (same as verse)

[Verse 1]

  D              A         Bm       D7
I don't drink as much as I used to
G          A7            D       A (walk up A-B-C#)
Lately, it just ain't my style
D                    A              Bm        D7
And hard times don't last like they used to
G                       A7           D
They pass quicker, like when I was a child.

[Chorus]

G            A7             D
Somehow I've learned how to listen
     G              A7        Bm     D7
To a sound like the sun going down
        G         A7         D        G
And the magic the morning is bringing home
  D          A           Bm     D7
a song for a life I have found
G           A7          D
It keeps my feet on the ground


[Solo]--Play verse again

[second verse]

The midsummer days sit so heavy
but don't they blow like a breeze through your mind
when nothing appears in a hurry
to make up for someone's lost time

[repeat chorus]

(*A note on the chorus---the version by The Seldom Scene has a
  somewhat different last chorus.  This may be the original words,
  and were changed for soon to be obvious reasons(Alison being a woman
  and all)  It only affects the last two lines:

  A song for a girl I have found
  She keeps my feet on the ground

  Also, Alan Jackson uses friend instead of girl I believe, although
  I'm not sure if he says he or she on the next line.

  So use whichever version you like best, or best suits your gender*)


Please email with any suggestions or comments.

--
Bruce A. Deboard
Physics and Astronomy
Homepage: http://www.pa.uky.edu/~deboard
University of Kentucky