# **Live Your Life Today** ### *(Classic piano ballad in the style of a timeless adult contemporary song)* **Style** * Tempo: **72 BPM** * Key: **C Major** * Time Signature: **4/4** * Feel: Warm, emotional, inspirational * Instruments: * Grand Piano * Acoustic Bass * Soft Strings * French Horns (final chorus) * Light Acoustic Guitar * Brushes on Drums * Choir on final chorus * Flugelhorn solo after the bridge --- ## Intro **Chords** | C | G/B | Am | G | | F | C/E | Dm7 | G | *(Soft piano arpeggios with strings swelling underneath.)* --- ## Verse 1 **C** Live your life the way you've always dreamed. **G/B** Don't let fear steal all tomorrow means. **Am** Every sunrise brings another chance, **Em** To write your story while you still can. **F** Yesterday is just a memory, **C/E** A page that's turned for all the world to see. **Dm7** You can't relive the moments gone, **G** But you can choose where you'll belong. --- ## Pre-Chorus **Am** Every heartbeat is a gift, **Em** Every moment is a chance. **F** Hold the ones you love a little closer, **G** Don't wait for someday to begin. --- # Chorus **C** Live your life like you want to live it today. **G** Tomorrow's never been a promise anyway. **Am** Today is more than just another day, **F** It's your chance to find your way. **C** Do a little better than yesterday. **G** Let forgiveness wash your fears away. **Am** Love with all your heart, **F** Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. --- ## Instrumental Piano melody Strings answer Flugelhorn enters --- ## Verse 2 **C** Yesterday you laughed with someone dear. **G/B** Today they're memories you still hear. **Am** Life can change between the night and dawn. **Em** One moment here... the next they're gone. **F** So tell the people what they mean to you. **C/E** Don't wait until it's far too late. **Dm7** The greatest gift you'll ever find **G** Is living fully while there's time. --- ## Bridge *(Everything drops to piano.)* **Am** Don't count the days... **Em** Make the days count instead. **F** Leave behind a trail of kindness, **G** Not a list of words unsaid. **Am** Every ending starts another song. **Em** Keep believing. Keep moving on. **F** Love with everything inside your heart. **G** Every day can be a brand-new start. --- ## Key Change (+1 Whole Step) *(Big orchestral drum fill.)* New Key: **D Major** --- # Final Chorus **D** Live your life like you want to live it today. **A** Tomorrow's never been a promise anyway. **Bm** Today is more than just another day, **G** It's another chance to find your way. **D** Be a little stronger than before. **A** Open up another door. **Bm** Fill your heart with hope and light, **G** Hold your dreams with all your might. --- ## Grand Finale **Em** Sing your song... **A** While you still can... **Bm** Hold the hand... that's in your hand... **G** Every breath's a blessing from above... --- ## Ending *(Choir joins softly.)* **D** Live your life... **A** Love your life... **Bm** Live today... **G** Because today... **D** is all we've really got. *(Piano sustains the final D chord while strings slowly fade.)*
