G D G C  |2x
G D Em C G D C


[Verse]:
G        D              Em                C  
Grandpa Campbell would sit upon his front porch
G          D                 Em             C
And I'd be right there just sittin' on his knees
G          D          Em                  C
He'd tell stories of love and feast and famine
G            D          Em                  C
And I'd hang onto every word that he would breathe


[Pre-Chorus]:
A                     C
He'd say, 'Boy as you walk through this life
A                              C           D
Here's a little wisdom that'll help you get by


[Chorus]:
         G          D               Em        C
You gotta live and learn, you gotta crash and burn
         G           D           Em         C
You gotta take some stances and take some chances
         G          D             Em      C        A
You gotta laugh and love and take all life has to give
          C         G   D                         
You gotta live and learn so you can learn to live


G D Em C G D C
 

[Verse]:
G             D          Em          C
Though I left home and I went to Carolina
G           D          Em                C 
I then set off just to see what I could see
G           D             Em                 C
I did some things that I wasn't really proud of
G             D         Em              C
And sometimes life just got the best of me


[Pre-Chorus]:
A                    C
But I'd always think back to those days
A                        C              D
And I know what Grandpa Campbell would say he'd say


[Chorus]:
         G          D               Em        C
You gotta live and learn, you gotta crash and burn
         G           D           Em         C
You gotta take some stances and take some chances
         G          D             Em      C        A
You gotta laugh and love and take all life has to give
          C         G   D                         
You gotta live and learn so you can learn to live


[Solo]:
G D Em C |2x
G D G C


[Verse]:
G      D         Em                 C
After years of runnin' 'round and searchin'
G            D          Em               C
I found me a woman who loves me just for me
G         D          Em                 C
All those mistakes I thought that I was making
G       D               Em                  C
Led me right here till you're sittin' on my knees


[Pre-Chorus]:
A           C
Son as you walk through this life
A                      C                    D
Here's a little wisdom that'll help you get by


[Chorus]:
         G          D               Em        C
You gotta live and learn, you gotta crash and burn
         G           D           Am  Em Am  D
You gotta take some stances and take some chances
         G          D             Em      C        A
You gotta laugh and love and take all life has to give
          C         G   D            Am       C   D           
You gotta live and learn , you gotta live and learn
So you can learn to live, learn to live


[Outro]:
G D Em C | 3x
G D C