A Life Less Ordinary


Life Less Ordinary, by Carbon Leaf (Indian Summer, 2004) --------- Chords G 320033 C -32010 D --0232 Am 003320 Em 022000 --------- Intro G C G C ... --------- Verse 1 (G C G C ...) G Live a life less ordinary C Life a life extraordinary with me G Life a life less sedentary C Live a life evolutionary with me G Well I hate to be a bother C But it's you and there's no other, I do believe You can call me naive, but... G I know me very well, at least as far as I can tell C And I know what I need --------- Chorus (D C D C ... -- Am Em C D G) D The night you came into my life C Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me D You blew away my storm and strife C And shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me D C D By the way, I do know why you stayed away Am Em C D I will keep tongue tied next time --------- Verse 2 (G C G C ...) G Live a life less ordinary C Life a life extraordinary with me G My face had said too much before our hands could even touch C To greet a "hello", so much for going slow G A little later on that year, I told you that I loved you dear C What do you know, this you weren't prepared to hear G I'm a saddened man, I'm a broken boy, I'm a toddler with a complex toy C I've fallen apart, since the ambush of your heart --------- Repeat Chorus (D C D C ... -- Am Em C D G) --------- Bridge Em Em C Honey understand, honey understand Am Em C I won't make demands Em Em C Honey understand, honey understand Am C Em D We could walk without a plan Em Em C Honey understand (honey), honey understand Am Em C I wont rest in stone, all alone Em Em C Honey understand, honey understand Am Em D I'm all ready to go, but you already know e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-0h1-3-----1-----|--------0--------|-----3/5---3-----|-----------------| G|-----------------|-4\--2-----0-----|-----------------|-0---------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| --------- Verse 2 (G C G C ...) G Live a life less ordinary C Life a life extraordinary with me e|---------1p0-----|-----0h3---------| B|-----1h3-----3p0-|-1/3-------------| G|-0h2-------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------| G If I could name you in this song, would it make you smile and sing along C This is the goal, to get into your sould G If I could make you dance for joy, could that be the second chance decoy C The bird-in-hand I would need to help you understand --------- Repeat Chorus (D C D C ... -- Am Em C D G)