A Lot of Livin’ to Do
- Music
- Charles Strouse
- Lyrics
- Lee Adams
"A Lot of Livin' to Do" is a song by Charles Strouse with words by Lee Adams from the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie. This page has the A Lot of Livin' to Do chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.
Who wrote "A Lot of Livin' to Do"
Charles Strouse wrote the music and Lee Adams the words. In the show it is sung by the rock-and-roll idol Conrad Birdie; jazz singers took it up soon after.
Recordings that made it a standard
- Sammy Davis Jr. (1961).
A Lot of Livin’ to Do chords:
A
G9
B
Cmaj7
G9sus
Cmaj7
G9sus
Cmaj7
Gm7 C7
F6
A7#5b9
Dm7
G7
Em7
A7#5
Dm7
G7
E7#5 A7b9
Dm7 G9
C
Fmaj9
Fm7 Bb9
Ebmaj7
Bb6
G7
D
Cmaj7
G9sus
Cmaj7
G9sus
Cmaj7
Gm7 C7
F6
A7#5b9
Dm7
G7
Em7
A7#5b9
Dm7
G7
C6 A7
Dm7 G9
Outro A
C
Key: C major · Tempo: 200 bpm
Play the chord progression and change the key, style and tempo:
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