This Life

{name:_Intro}_ C G/B Am - F - C {name: Verse 1} C I come in to tuck her in G/B I'm so tired from where I've been Am F C Doing all I can to stay awake C As she goes on about her day G/B I hang on every word she says Am F C She reaches out and puts her hand in mine {name: Pre-CHORUS} G For a moment Am F We are here together G Am F And it hits me that this won't last forever {name: Chorus} C We can't own it G/B Am F We just get to hold it for a while C This life C We can't keep it G/B Am F Or save it for another time C This life {name: Verse 2} C He was always there for me G/B Now he's fighting just to breathe Am F C I tell him it's ok to let go C As I look into his eyes G/B I know that this won't be the last time Am F C But for now, we're taking different roads {name: Pre-CHORUS} {name: Chorus} {name: Bridge} C What we give is all we have G/B How we love is what will last Am F C G And this hope we know will carry us through C What we give is all we have G/B How we love is what will last Am F C G And this hope we know will carry us through C This life C What we give is all we have G/B How we love is what will last Am F C G And this hope we know will carry us through C This life What we give is all we have G/B How we love is what will last Am F C G And this hope we know will carry us through {name: Chorus} C We can't own it (What we give is all we have) G/B Am F We just get to hold it for a while (How we love is what will last) C This life (And this hope we know, and this hope we know) C We can't keep it (What we give is all we have) G/B Am F Or save it for another time (How we love is what will last) C This life (And this hope we know, and this hope we know) {name: Ending} G We were never meant to stay Am So we don't have to be afraid G C/E F Of what is waiting on the other side C Of this life