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(Am9)La
la la
la (Em7)la.
(Am9)La
la la
la (Em7)la.
Ev
’ry (Am9)day I re al ize
that this might be the last day
(Em7)of my life.
Walk ing down the (Am9)street, I find,
yeah,
I’m com ing clos er and clos er to los ing
my mind.
’Cause when it (Am9)rains,
it pours;
is n’t (Dm9)life worth more?
I don’t e ven know what I am hus tlin’ for.
You’ve got to (Am9)do what you’ve got to do
just to (Dm9)make it through
all the hard times
that’s gon na pace
you.
(Am9)This is the life,
striv ing to sur vive.
(Am9)This is the life,
striv ing to sur vive.
This is the life.
Liv in’
will al ways be a strug gle,
look in’ for some one true
to love
you.
Look in’ (Am9)back,
I see all the hard roads.
This mad ness makes me
wan na hide.
I work (Am9)slow ly,
e ter nal ly.
I’m dy ing.
Pil low case is wet from all my cry ing.
There is noth ing more
to be here
for.
Take me a (Am9)way;
I can’t live that life no more.
Tryin’ to get (Am9)o
ver.
Tryin’ to get (Am9)o
ver.
Tryin’ to get o ver.
This page shows “The Life” by Alicia Keys in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 120 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.