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Intro G C
G
Ever since I was young
G
Coming up, coming up
G
Always marching to a drum
G
Bra-da-dum, Bra-da-dum
C
Always focused on me
C
One one, one one
C
Now I wish that I could hold someone, someone
G
So tell my mom, I love her
G
Call my baby sister
G
Should've hugged and kissed her
G
Cause life is just a mystery
C
And it's gone before you know it
C
So if you love me, won't you show it?
G
Cause this life is one big symphony
G C
This night is one for you and me
C
I'm the strings and you're the timpani
D G
You're my constant tambourine
G
This life is one big symphony
G C
So glad I got you next to me
C
I'm the chords and you're the melody
D G
This life's one big symphony
G
She was the piano, I'm the xylophone
G C
You can have the trumpet, I'm the saxophone
G
Life's a skipping rope
G
Keep going, keep going
G
Find a silence in the note
G
Dote, dote, dote, dote
C
Had to struggle when I was broke
C
So low, so low
C
Writing music just to cope
C
No hope, no hope
G
Yeah, life is just perspective
G
Laughing when you've wrecked it
G
Smiling when you kept it together
You weathered the storm
C
At the end of the play
C
You sang all the way
C
Doesn't matter how off-key
D
If you did it, your way
G
Cause this life is one big symphony
G C
This night is one for you and me
C
I'm the strings and you're the timpani
D G
You're my constant tambourine
G
This life is one big symphony
G C
So glad I got you next to me
C
I'm the chords and you're the melody
D G
This life's one big symphony
G
Would you care if I played you the flute?
G C
See, it's my favorite one because it's so delicate and beautiful
C D
I pull out the trombone if it is more suitable
G
Wanna make you smile
G
It's been a little while since I've seen the white of your teeth
C
Been a hard year, lucky the guitar's here
Solo G C D G C
C D G
Life is just one big symphony
G
This life is one big symphony
G C
This night is one for you and me
C
I'm the strings and you're the timpani
D G
You're my constant tambourine
G
This life is one big symphony
G C
So glad I got you next to me
C
I'm the chords and you're the melody
D
This life's one big symphony
Written by Joel Little - Dan Reynolds - Wayne Sermon - Ben Mckee - Daniel Platzman - Talay Riley - Adio Marchant