Artist: Kenny Chesney
Song: The Life 
Album: Lucky Old Sun
Tabbed By: Mitch32789
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: I
Chords Used: E,Asus, Bsus2

Strumming: A bit of a slap is used throughout most of the song, such that: 
Ed,Eu,slap,Ed,Eu,Ed,Asusd,Asusu,slap,Asusd,Asusu,Asusd,Bsusd,Bsusu,slap,Bsusd,Bsusu,Bsusu

Strum:d=down,u=up

Intro:
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|--------2----|
A|--2-2h4------|
E|-------------|

E,E,E,E,E,Asus,Asus,Asus,Asus,Asus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,E,E,E

(Verse I) 

E     
It was early one mornin’ 

Asus
Playa del Carmen 

Bsus                    E
That’s when I first met Jose
 
E
He had a 12 foot Schooner
 
Asus
A 3 foot cooler

Bsus                     E
Full of the catch of the day

E
And he was wrinkled from grinnin’

Asus 
From all of the sun he had been in

       Bsus                 E
He was barefoot, cerveza in hand

E                        Asus
He said “Gracias senor”, when I paid him too much for

Bsus                  E
All of the Snapper he had

Asus                              E 
Now I told him my friend it ain’t nothin’

       Bsus                  E
In the best broken Spanish I knew 

         Asus
I said I make a good livin’

      E 
Back home where I’m from

   Bsus        (NC)
He smiled and said Amigo me too 


(Chorus)
          E          Asus
He said I fish and I play my guitar

Bsus                       E
I laugh at the bar with my friends

E 
I go home to my wife
 
Asus
I pray every night

Bsus 
I can do it all over again


Instrumental:
E,E,E,E,E,Asus,Asus,Asus,Asus,Asus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,E,E,E 


(Verse II)
 
E
Somewhere over Texas 

Asus
I thought of my Lexus
 
Bsus                        E
And all the stuff I work so hard for

E 
And all the things that I’ve gathered

Asus 
From climbing that ladder

Bsus                   E
Didn’t make much sense anymore 

Asus                                E
They say my nest egg ain’t ready to hatch yet

Bsus                             E 
They keep holding my feet to the fire 

Asus
They call it paying the price

        E
So that one day in life 

     Bsus      (NC)   
I’ll have what I need to retire 


(Chorus)
 
         E         Asus
And just fish, and play my guitar,

Bsus                     E
Laugh at the bar with my friends,

E 
Go home to my wife
 
Asus
And pray every night,

Bsus                 E
I can do it all over again


(Bridge)
 
       Fm                         E                         Asus    E              
And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made

         Fm                       E      Asus
When the truth is I’m really just dying 

             Bsus  
To live like Jose 


(Chorus)
Single Downward Strums

(NC)     E
And just fish
 
Asus
Play my guitar

Bsus                     E 
Laugh at the bar with my friends 

E
Go home to my wife 

Asus
Pray every night 

Bsus                 E
I can do it all over again 


Instrumental:
E,E,E,E,E,Asus,Asus,Asus,Asus,Asus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,Bsus,E,E,E until end.


Wouldn’t that be the life?
 
Wouldn’t that be the life?