Biography:
Steve Moakler has proved himself to be a master pop craftsman. His music is artistic, but accessible; indie roots with mass appeal. Listen to his music, and you too won’t deny his gift for sweet melodies and moving narratives that stick in your head like happy memories. His songs have a maturity you wouldn’t expect from a 23-year old who is quickly emerging as one of the best of a new generation of pop-rock songwriters who call Nashville home.
-Johnny T, musiccityunsigned.com
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Other songs:
- 18
- All The Faint Lights
- Beginning Of The End
- Best Thing
- Breaking New Ground
- Cinderella
- Damn Do I Think About You
- False Alarms
- Hesitate
- Holiday At Sea
- Humble Operations
- Ive Got You To Love
- Lifetime
- Love Drunk
- Play You Down
- Rather Make A Living
- Run
- Steel Town
- Suitcase
- Thing About Us
- This Aint Rock And Roll
- Wheels
- Wide Open
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
"Rather Make a Living" by Steve Moakler
Tabbed by Kenneth Wesley
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hXWAIfHVOkkWaWkL7QO4g
(If you need an example I have one on my YouTube channel)
Enjoy!
[Intro]
F C G
F C G
[Verse 1]
F C G
Drove out to California
F C G
Played for a dollar a day
F C G Am
To sing my songs while a few sang along
F G
Was worth more than what I got paid
F C G
But I've got this crazy feeling
F C G
Everything's gonna work out right
F C G Am
The odds are stacked but I won't look back
F G
I'm not going down without a fight
[Chorus]
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
Just being myself
F C G Am
I'd rather make a living being myself
F G
Than a killing being someone else
F C G
Someone else
F C G
[Verse 2]
F C G
I could trade this guitar
F C G
For a tie wrapped around my neck
F C G Am
Grab a 401K, rent would never be late
F G
I could cash my dreams for some check No
[Chorus]
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
Just being myself
F C G Am
I'd rather make a living being myself
F G C
Than a killing being someone else
[Bridge]
Am G F
Sometimes it ain't clear where to go
Am G F
Without a ladder to climb or a path to follow
Am G D
But these dreams won't let me go
F C G x 4
[Chorus]
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G Am
'Cause you can't call it living if you're someone else
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
Just being myself
F C G Am
I'd rather make a living being myself
F G
Than a killing being someone else
[Outro]
F C G
Someone else
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
Tabbed by Kenneth Wesley
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6hXWAIfHVOkkWaWkL7QO4g
(If you need an example I have one on my YouTube channel)
Enjoy!
[Intro]
F C G
F C G
[Verse 1]
F C G
Drove out to California
F C G
Played for a dollar a day
F C G Am
To sing my songs while a few sang along
F G
Was worth more than what I got paid
F C G
But I've got this crazy feeling
F C G
Everything's gonna work out right
F C G Am
The odds are stacked but I won't look back
F G
I'm not going down without a fight
[Chorus]
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
Just being myself
F C G Am
I'd rather make a living being myself
F G
Than a killing being someone else
F C G
Someone else
F C G
[Verse 2]
F C G
I could trade this guitar
F C G
For a tie wrapped around my neck
F C G Am
Grab a 401K, rent would never be late
F G
I could cash my dreams for some check No
[Chorus]
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
Just being myself
F C G Am
I'd rather make a living being myself
F G C
Than a killing being someone else
[Bridge]
Am G F
Sometimes it ain't clear where to go
Am G F
Without a ladder to climb or a path to follow
Am G D
But these dreams won't let me go
F C G x 4
[Chorus]
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G Am
'Cause you can't call it living if you're someone else
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
Just being myself
F C G Am
I'd rather make a living being myself
F G
Than a killing being someone else
[Outro]
F C G
Someone else
F C G
I'd rather make a living
F C G
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