Watching My Life Go By by Michael Hedges Lyric and Guitar Chords

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Watching My Life Go By by Michael Hedges Guitar Chords

by Michael Hedges 1981

Tuning: DADGCC

Legend:
! left hand reaches under neck and vigorously slaps guitar body like
it’s a bongo drum!

This tune is in 5/8 TIME Michael kept a kind of eighth note grace note
strum pattern throughout this tune. Notes Tabbed out below are more or
less Accents, but this is my first tab, so there are grace notes that I didn’t put in
here, but if you know the tune, you’ll know what to do…

WHEN YOU OPEN THIS MAKE SURE IT WRAPS TO WINDOW AND NOT RULER.
UNSURE? GO TO THE 62ND CHARACHTER OF EACH LINE OF TABLATURE AND DO A HARD RETURN [HIT
ENTER] IT WILL LINE UP PROPERLY …

Forte [WITH PASSION]

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! !

pianoforte [lightly with grace and energy, LET IT BREATHE]
[and keep 16ths going on the top 2 strings as shown vaguely below]

Everyone sees their life a different way __________________________

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Saviors even come on different days

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Bleeding his colors into several shades

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Forte [stronger]

But I am a prisoner caught in the flesh, red-handed

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Watching my life go by

slides up to 12th fret from open string.

I’m watching my life go by

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GLISS

Watching my life go by
! !

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Nobody knows how close … “together” means

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Love is a race we run at different speeds

Pacing ourselves to deal with different needs

But I am a spectator caught in a crowd of laughter

Watching my life go by

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I’m watching my life go by

GLISS
~~~crescendo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Watching my life go by

Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee deet deet

Dee Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Dweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Daa
Dweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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–5–5–5——-7–7–7——-10-10-10———12-12-12——————|

eeeeeeeee Ah – dah – daaaaaahhhhh
! !

! !

[same as verses above]

Somebody help me find my way back down
There’s nobody left for me to lap around
Everyone’s breaking past my speed of sound
I am a dictator I keep my soul surrounded
Watching my life, Waaah – tching my life, Watching my life ….

I’m watching my life go by

Watching my life go by

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~~~crescendo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>

Watching my life!

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Alternative harmonics [the entire harmonics part]

! !

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–0—0—0—–0-0———-(0)-0—0—0————–H4————–|
–0—0—0—–0-0———-(0)-0—0—0——————–H5——–|
–0—0—0—–0-0———-(0)-0—0—0——————————|

If you want to learn Michael Hedges Watching My Life Go By guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Watching My Life Go By. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

Watching My Life Go By by Michael Hedges Guitar Chords

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