Name: Unfinished Life
Duration: P00H05M09S
Description: Recorded in Ibiza, Spain, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Helena, Montana.

Unfinished Life

by JustFolk

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Recorded in Ibiza, Spain, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Helena, Montana.

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UNFINISHED LIFE (Kolod, 2019) 87 BPM, CAPO III

Intro: C-A X2 (muffled strings)

Verse I:
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/A
TRY AND TRY, NEVER DONE
Am7 G
ALL MISTAKES, I’M UNDONE
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/A
LOST AGAIN, NEVER WON
Am7 G G/F#
HUGE MISSTEPS, UNDER THE SUN

Pre-chorus:
Em A D
TRYING TO SAY I LOVE YOU NOW
C G (sing B) G/F#
LOVING YOU NOW
Em A D
TRYING TO DO WHAT MUST BE DONE
C G A (hold A)
I’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

Chorus: (double strum the G’s)
D/F# G D/F# C (hammer A-D-A)
I’M CHECKIN’ THE DRAWERS
D/F# G D/F# C (hammer A-D-A)
AND BEHIND EVERY DOOR
D/F# G D/F# C A C-A
SEARCHIN’ THROUGH MY UNFINISHED LIFE

Verse II:
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/A
LOSING HOPE, OUT OF LUCK
Am7 G
NO GOOD CHOICE, I FEEL STUCK
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/A
LITTLE TIME, SO DUMBSTRUCK
Am7 G
NO CLEAR PATH, I’VE RUN AMOK

Chorus then Bridge:

Bm-G-D-A X2 (hold on A second time) strums with 1/8th notes

Verse III:
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/A
REINVENT, REGAIN HOPE
Am7 G
PERSEVERE, YOU CAN COPE
D D/C# Bm7 Bm7/A
CARRY ON, UP THE SLOPE
Am7 G
KNUCKLE DOWN, NO TIME TO MOPE

Last Chorus: repeat chorus 2 X

Ending: C-A X8

credits

released November 1, 2020
Michael Carvale, bass; Manolo Díaz, electric guitar; Daniel Donaire, recording in Ibiza; Steven Gores, producer; Jessie King, vocals; Todd Kolod, words & music, acoustic guitar; Jeremy Slead, drums

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Steven Gores lives in Helena, Montana; Todd Kolod in Ibiza, Spain.

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