Song For The Life

Words and Music by Rodney Crowell
Sung by John Denver
on Autograph (1980)


   G              Bm       Em       G7
I don't drink as much as I used to.
 C         D              G    D
Lately it just ain't my style.
     G                Bm             Em      G7
And hard times don't hurt like they ought to.
           C             D          G    G7
They pass quicker like when I's a child.
 C            D              G      G7
Somehow I've learned how to listen.
       C              D         Em    G7
For a sound like the sun goin' down.
        C         D           G  C
In the magic the morning is bringing.
           G            Bm          Em   C
There's a song for the life I have found.
             D            G     D
It keeps my feet on the ground.

    G                Bm          Em     G7
Don't the midsummer days sit so heavy.
                 C           D                  G    D
But don't they flow like a breeze through your mind.
     G         Bm        Em     G7
And nothin' occurs in a hurry.
        C       D              G     G7
To make up for someone's lost time.
 C            D              G      G7
Somehow I've learned how to listen.
       C              D         Em   G7
For a sound like the sun goin' down.
        C         D           G  C
In the magic the morning is bringing.
           G            Bm          Em   C
There's a song for a friend I have found.
              D            G     D
She keeps my feet on the ground.



 C            D              G
Somehow I've learned how to listen.
       C               D           Em    G7
For a sound like the breeze dyin' down.
        C         D           G  C
In the magic the morning is bringing.
           G            Bm          Em   C
There's a song for the life I have found.
          D            G     D
Keeps my feet on the ground.
               D            G     D
Oh yeah, that keeps my feet on the ground.