Creed

What’s This Life For
Words and Music by Mark Tremonti and Scott Stapp

G5

34

Intro Moderately Slow *G
Gtr. 1 (elec.)

= 70 D Bsus2 Csus2

3
w/ clean tone let ring throughout

3 3 0 0 2 3

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G
Rhy. Fig. 1

D

Bsus2Csus2
End Rhy. Fig. 1

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Verse
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1, 3 1/2 times

G

D

Bsus2

Csus2

G

D

1. Bsus2

Hur ray

for Csus2

a

child that

makes it G

through.

If there’s an y D

way,

be cause

the Bsus2

an

swer Csus2lies

in

you. G

They’re laid

to

rest D

be

fore

they’ve known

just

what

to

do. Chorus G

Their souls

are

lost

be cause

G/B

G/C

D5

they could nev er you could nev er
* Gtr. 2 (elec.)

find. find.

What’s this

life

for?

w/ dist.

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0 0 0 2

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0 0 0 2

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0 0 0 3

0 0 0 3

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0 0 0 33

7

5

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4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

7 7 5

7 7 5

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* Two gtrs. arr. for one.

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B5

C5

G

D5

B5

C5

What’s this

life

for?

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4 4 2

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D5

B5

C5

What’s this

life

for?

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7 7 5

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To Coda G D5 B5 C5

What’s this

life

for?

4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

4 5 5 3

7 7 5

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Interlude
Gtr. 2 tacet

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* Gtr.1

D

Bsus2

Csus2

3

3 3 0 0 2 3
* doubled

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2

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Verse
Gtr. 1: w/ Rhy. Fig. 1, 2 1/2 times

G

DBsus2

Csus2

G

D

2. I see your soul,

it’s kind a gray.

You see my

heart, you

look

a

way.

You see my

wrist,

I know your pain.

D.S. al Coda Bsus2 Csus2 G D

I know your

pur

pose

on

your

plane.

Don’t say

a

last

prayer

be cause

Coda

Outro
Gtr. 2 tacet

G

But they ain’t here an

y

more.
Gtrs. 1 & 3 (acous.)

5 5 33 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

C

Cmaj7

C

Cmaj7

Don’t have to

set

tle

the

score.

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

3 3 0 0 2 3

0 1 0 2 3

0 1 0 2 3

0 1 0 2 3

0 1 0 2 3

0 0 0 2 3

0 0 0 2 3

00 0 2 3

0 0 0 2 3

0 1 0 2 3

0

0 0 0 2 3

0 0 0 2 3

Am

Asus2

Am Asus2

D

Dsus4

D

’Cause

we

all

live

un

der

the

reign

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