Mine For Life chords by Ultravox

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

♫ Chorus:
Am
       A life as a stranger
Am    G
       Hands through a wire
Am
       Forbidden desires
Am    Em
   are mine for life


♫ Verse 1:
Am    G     Em
Looking   from a spiral
C     Bm    Em
staircase   at a man with a
Am    G    Em     F
suitcase  as he shades his eyes

♫ Verse 2:
Am    G     Em
Watching  from a stained glass
C     Bm    Em
shelter.       He bides his
D
time and thinks there must be
E    Fdim
more to life than...


♫ Chorus:
Am
this.    A life as a stranger
Am    G
      Hands through a wire
Am
      Forbidden desires
Am    Em
   are mine for life

♫ Verse 3:
  Am    G      Em
The poet    reads his words out
C    Bm    Em
loud    to a make-believe
Am    G    Em      F
crowd   in the quiet of his room


♫ Verse 4:
Am    G      Em
Careful  where the tears are
C     Bm    Em
falling.      He closed
  D
the book and cried. There must be
E    Fdim
more to love than


♫ Verse 5:
Am    G     Em
this.   See the boy on the
C     Bm     Em
walkway   Where the young have their
Am    G    Em    F
own say  and it screams from the wall


♫ Verse 6:
   Am    G     Em
He's writing   for the hundredth
C      Bm  Em
time there.      I hate it
D
all, but there must be
E    Fdim
more to hate than...


♫ Chorus:
Am
this.    A life as a stranger
Am    G
      Hands through a wire
Am
      Forbidden desires
Am    F
   are mine for life


♫ Instrumental:
Fm  Cm
Fm  Eb
Cm  Gm
Cm  Bb
Ab  A

Fm  Cm
Fm  Eb
Db  D


♫ Chorus:
Am
       A life as a stranger
Am    G
       Hands through a wire
Am
       Forbidden desires
Am    Em
   are mine for life

♫ Chorus:
Am
       A life as a stranger
Am    G
       Hands through a wire
Am
       Forbidden desires
Am    Em
   are mine for life

♫ Outro:
Am
       A life as a stranger
Am    G
       Hands through a wire
Am
       Forbidden desires
Am    Em
   are mine for life