The Fall – Life Just Bounces Chords on Piano & Ukulele

The Fall – Life Just Bounces Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
  A                F#m      
Dr Boring had a relationship
          D            E
 with the drug company too
    A           F#m       
And I am half-related with 
     D        E
the Softness Group
  A         F#m         
PLC On TV today somebody
 D             E
 claimed their dog
    A             F#m 
Had been molested by a 
      D      E
textile chemist

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[Chorus]
    A                     F#m 
But life just bounces so don't 
                    D       E
you get worried at all
    A                   
And life just bounces so 
  F#m                
don't you get worried
     D       E
 at all

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[Verse 2]
      A                      
The prescription's filled but
 F#m           D       E
 I'm unsure of it's contents
  A                    
I sit back with a tight
 F#m     D     E
 lip, retina amazed

[Chorus]
    A                     F#m  
But life just bounces so don't
                   D       E
 you get worried at all
    A                   
And life just bounces so
  F#m                     D   E
don't you get worried at all

[Bridge]
A F#m D E
    A            F#m        D
And green grow the hedgerows 
        E
along the walls
      A           F#m     
And I see that my problems
     D      E
 are really small
A F#m D E

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[Verse 3]
       A           F#m     
Camera life, brown varnish,
 D      E
 mauve
          A       F#m   
London is full of people 
               D       E
leaving their homes
         A                      
They got lack of length in their 
 F#m               D       E
beds and in their rooms
        A             F#m 
And the cops say don't dare 
            D       E
leave your home

[Chorus]
            A                   
I tell yer, Life just bounces so 
 F#m                      D     E
don't you get worried at all
    A                     F#m 
And life just bounces so don't
                    D       E
 you get worried at all

[Verse 4]
       A           F#m 
And Dr Boring says you 
         D     E
are very ill
         A                 
And your top-knot is in the 
 F#m            D      E
region of your soul
           A            
I was in a vortex I was
F#m          D      E
 heading for a fall

[Chorus]
            A                
I tell yer, Life just bounces
    F#m                      D     E
 so don't you get worried at all
        A                    
And all music just bounces so
 F#m                      D       E
 don't you get worried at all

How to play Life Just Bounces: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Life Just Bounces by The Fall on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Life Just Bounces by The Fall is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 4 chords: A, F#m, D and E.

Most of the song cycles through A – F#m – D – E (I – vi – IV – V in A major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Em, C, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B

Life Just Bounces chords: questions

What key is Life Just Bounces in?

Life Just Bounces by The Fall is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Life Just Bounces?

Life Just Bounces uses 4 chords: A, F#m, D, E.

What is the chord progression of Life Just Bounces?

The main progression is A – F#m – D – E (I – vi – IV – V), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression.

Is Life Just Bounces easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Em, C, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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