This Is The Life chords & tabs

First Amy MacDonald tab. Her official site is currently under construction though the
site is up and running.


This is a very simple but catchy solo from 'This is the Life'. It is played after each
and at the end
It is repeated twice after the final verse. Listen to the track on
to get the rhythm right.

e|-----0-------0-----------0-------0-0-0-0-0-2-4-0-0-2-4-2-0-----------------|
B|-2-4---2-2-4---2-2-2-2-4---2-2-4---------------------------4---------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

---   T H I S    I S   T H E   L I F E   ---

by

---   A M Y   M A C D O N A L D   ---



TABBED BY:    NintEndO


This is the tab of Amy's 2007 debut album. I've tabbed the acoustic guitar parts
played by Amy and I've included in each song the basic strumming pattern. I would
recommend that you listen to the song before trying the pattern. Also I've left a
Chord Summary below for those who don't want to have to scroll through the whole
tab. Enjoy playing as its a great album to strum along to

This Is The Life - Amy MacDonald
Tabbed by pigeonfarmer2.0(pigeonfarmer_33@yahoo.com)

Nice song, very easy to learn once you get used to the rythmn; i was tired of trying to
an accurate tab for this so i just decided to work it out myself, this is standard
and no capo needed.

The verse is a nice easy progression, and it has very natural feel, you just need to get
to the jumpy rythmn and the speed of the lyrics. Chorus and verse are very similar and
fill in/bridge bits are just plain easy to work out youselves.

If its of any use to you the basic rythmn is of the song is,
"1 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 2 and 3 and 4 and..."
might be useful or it might not but i'm sure you can pick it up anyway.

Standard Tuning.
Listen to the song to work out the speed and stuff =]
There are guitar solos in the song, but i have put what you play as a verse, just follow
order given, it flows throughout the song.

Introduction & Verse:

G|----6--4-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------4-------7--------------------6---6-----------|
A|-4-------------------------------7-7-9---6---6---4-----| x3
E|------------4-5-----5--5--0--0-----------------4-------|

Chorus:

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|

Not sure about the naming of the G# but about time someone posted this and it sounds OK


Define chords:

Chord   E A D G B E
-----   - - - - - -
A       0 0 2 2 2 0
C#m     x 4 3 3 2 4
E       0 2 2 1 0 0
G#(?)   x 6 6 5 4 4


Intro:   C#m   A   E   Ab

C#m

Artist - Amy MacDonald
Song - This is the Life
Album - This Is The Life
Track - 2
Bassist - Jamie Sefton

INTRO/FIRST VERSE
G---6-4------------|
D-------4----7-----|
A-4----------------|
E---------45---5-5-|

G------------------|
D------------------|
A--------7-7-9-----|
E-/0-0/7-----------|

This is the life – Amy Macdonald

Capo: 2nd Fret

Intro
Bm  G  D  F#

Verse 1

Bm
Oh the wind whistles down
G
The cold dark street tonight
D                        F#
And the people they were dancing to the music vibe
Bm

Amy Macdonald - This is the Life
tabbed by MathewPL

E dropped to Eb
B dropped to Bb
G dropped to F#
D dropped to C#
A dropped to Ab
E dropped to Eb

D
Oh the wind whistles down
B
The cold dark street tonight
F                              A
And the people they were dancing to the music vibe

Amy Macdonald - This is the life
Error or problems : heart_shapd@hotmail.com

Without Capo.

Intro : A , C#m , E , Abm
A
Oh the wind whistles down
C#m
The cold dark street tonight
E                             Abm
And the people they were dancing to the music vibe
A
And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair
C#m
While the shy tormented youth sit way over there

Amy MacDonald - This is the Life

Intro/Verse

|----6-4--------------------------------------------|
|--------6-----7----------------------------6-------|
|--4-------7-----------------2/7--7-7-9---6---------|
|------------5---5-5-5-7-0-0------------4-----4-4-4-|

|----6-4------------------------------------------|
|--------6-----7----------------------------6-----|
|--4-------7-----------------2/7--7-7-9---6---6---|
|------------5---5-5-5-7-0-0------------4-------7-|

|----6-4------------------------------------------------|
|--------6-----7------------------------------6---------|