Living In The Past Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays419

Living In The Past by Jethro Tull is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Cm, F, C, Bb and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			intro  
  Cm(3times)  F(2times)  

C      Bb F   C        Bb   F  C      Bb    F    C  
Happy and I'm smiling, walk a mile to drink your water.  
C              Bb F   C        Bb   F    C      Bb    F C  
You know I'd love to love you, and above you there's no other.  
F        Eb   Bb  F         Eb Bb  F         Eb   Bb   F        Eb   Bb  
We'll go walking out while others shout of war's disaster.  
C      Bb F   C        Bb   F  C      Bb    F    C  
Oh, we won't give in, let's go living in the past.  
 
(rest the same)  
 
Once I used to join in every boy and girl was my friend. Now there's  
revolution, but they don't know what they're fighting. Let us close out eyes; 
outside their lives go on much faster. Oh, we won't give in, we'll keep living in 
the past.  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante