Life's Like a River Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays414

Life's Like a River by Scorpions is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, G, C, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			E                      D 
As years are passing by 
G                     C 
Silence becomes your friend 
A 
You see the world in a different way 
E             D   C                   B 
Don't be afraid of getting old 
E        D              G 
Life's still full of joy 
C          A                     E          D            C     B 
And the beauty of the past is rejoicing your mind 

E                          D 
When days are getting short 
         G                    C 
And winter comes along 
          A              E              C 
Your life slows down and down 
E                      D 
Like a river is getting wide 
          G                              C 
The worlds have lost their voice 
               A                              E                                 C 
You remember your morning flowing to the endless sea 

E                          D 
When days are getting short 
         G                    C 
And winter comes along 
          A              E              C 
Your life slows down and down 
E                      D 
Like a river is getting wide 
          G                              C 
The worlds have lost their voice 
               A                              E                                 C 
You remember your morning flowing to the endless sea 

C                   D                  G 
Life's like a river in the morning 
C                   D                 E 
Life's like a sea without end 
C                   D                  G 
Life's like a river in the morning 
C                   D                 G 
Life's like a sea without end 

C                   D                  G 
Life's like a river in the morning 
C                   D                 E 
Life's like a sea without end 
C                   D                  G 
Life's like a river in the morning 
C                   D                 G 
Life's like a sea without end 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante