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FINNEAS – Only A Lifetime Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
DM7   GM7
DM7   GM7

[Verse 1]
            DM7            GM7
How do you know if you've done
everything right?
           Em
Is it the love you have at hand
        A13
Or the cash you kiss at night?
           DM7             GM7
How do you know if it was worth
it in the end?
           Em
Did every second really count?
               A13
Or were there some you
should've spent
     Bm          A           G
On anything but anyone you love?
     Bm                 A
Was this the life that you
               G  F#m
were dreaming of?
   Em
A movie night, a yellow light
         A
You're slowin' down and
                G  A
days are adding up

[Chorus]
                   DM7      GM7
So don't waste the time you have
             A      DM7
Waiting for time to pass
     A/C#     Bm
It's only a lifetime,
                Em
that’s only a while
                    A
It's not worth the anger
               DM7
you felt as a child
                DM7      GM7
Don't waste the time you have
             A       DM7
Waiting for time to pass
     A/C#    Bm
It's only a lifetime,
                  Em
that's not long enough
                  A
You're not gonna like it without
    DM7           A/C#
any love so don't waste it

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[Interlude]
Bm   GM7  A

[Verse 2]
          DM7           GM7
I'm unimpressed by the people
preachin' pain
         Em
For the sake of some small game
       A13
In the sake of someone's name
           DM7         GM7
I'm unprepared for my loved
ones to be gone
           Em
I call 'em way too often now
      A13
Worry way too much about Mom

[Chorus]
                   DM7      GM7
So don't waste the time you have
             A      DM7
Waiting for time to pass
     A/C#     Bm
It's only a lifetime,
                Em
that’s only a while
                    A
It's not worth the anger
               DM7
you felt as a child
                DM7      GM7
Don't waste the time you have
             A       DM7
Waiting for time to pass
     A/C#    Bm
It's only a lifetime,
                  Em
that's not long enough
                  A
You're not gonna like it without
    DM7           A/C#
any love so don't waste it

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[Instrumental]
Bm   GM7  A   D   A/C#
Bm   GM7  A

[Bridge]
      Bm          A
It's family and friends and
           GM7
that's the truth
      Bm              A
The fountain doesn't give
               GM7
you back your youth
         Em
You're stayin' up too
late at night and
  A13
laughin' under kitchen lights
     G                A13
So hard, you start to cry

[Chorus]
                DM7      GM7
Don't waste the time you have
              A     DM7
Waiting for time to pass
     A/C#    Bm
It's only a lifetime,
                  Em
that's not long enough
                  A
You're not gonna like it without
    DM7            A/C#    Bm
any love so don't waste it

How to play Only A Lifetime: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Only A Lifetime by FINNEAS on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Only A Lifetime by FINNEAS, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 10 chords: DM7, GM7, Em, A13, Bm, A, G, F#m, A/C# and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – DM7 – A/C# – Bm (V – Imaj7 – V – vi in D major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: A13, Bm and F#m are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.