G D C  G D C 

[Verse]
  G         D        C          D 
I heard it from a newborn baby
  G         D          C              D
Loud and clear in that first breath of air
  G         D           C            
I heard it when grandpa was dying
       D          G     C     D
it was faintly there
       G D C        G D C
Live now     Live now
 
[Verse]
  G          D          C         D
I guess it really is quite simple
  G          D         C         D 
sometimes it's easier said then done
  G          D                  C         
but all the cool rain does is fall down 
     D                    G       C        
and all the river does is run
          D
and all we really have to do 
           G D C       G D C
is live now    Live now
  
[Verse]
  D         A          G      A
We're not promised tomorrow 
         D           A         G         A 
like vapor these days here are fading away
              D           A             C 
maybe this time I'm holding you is borrowed
          G       D       A   
but every second by God's grace  
                  G D C 
I'm gonna live now

[Instrumental]
G D C  G D C 

[Verse]
     G            D                 C      D
I've learned I can't control the future
     G            D                  C          D
I've learned I must forgive the past somehow
     G         D            C 
cause we are here only a moment 
     D 
and life's too short to not 
        G D C 
live now