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TOO BUSY LIVING - LUKE MELIA
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written in Vang Vieng, Laos, January 2002

Play with a finger-picking pattern (see diagrams at end)


INTRO:

[E] [D] [E] [D] [E] [E]


VERSE I:

[E]I try to make notes

I [D]want to recall

My [E]friends, stories, places

I [D]cherish them all


CHORUS:

Got to [E]remember these sights

[D]remember those sounds

but I'm [D]too busy living

to [A]write it all down

Yes, I'm [A]too busy living

to [E]write it all down

[E]


VERSE II:

[E]Smiles from children

and [D]how-do-you-do's

in [E]all different languages

to [D]all different tunes


CHORUS:

Got to [E]remember these sights

[D]remember those sounds

but I'm [D]too busy living

to [A]write it all down

Yes, I'm [A]too busy living

to [E]write it all down

[E]


BRIDGE (instrumental):

[G] [D] [D] [G] [G] [A] [E] [E]


VERSE III:

[E]Strangers in Singapore

[D]Lovers in Laos

[E]Smiles in New York

At my [D]grandmother's house


CHORUS:

Got to [E]remember these sights

[D]remember those sounds

but I'm [D]too busy living

to [A]write it all down

Yes, I'm [A]too busy living

to [E]write it all down

[E]


OUTRO:

[D] [A] [E]

=END=

FINGER-PICKING CHORDS:

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