Life's Like Poetry

Life's Like Poetry — Dolly Parton. Nashville number chart in the key of A♭, 4/4, 83 bpm, Double-time feel. 8 sections. Read in order, comma to comma; two chords sharing a bar are joined by "then".

1. Intro, 5 bars: flat 7 (figure: eighth) then 4 (figure: eighth), 1 (figure: dotted half) then flat 7 (figure: eighth) then 4 (figure: eighth), 1, 4 then 5 7, 1
2. Ch, 4 bars: 1 then 4, 1, 4 then 5 7, 1
3. V1, 8 bars: 1 then 4, 1, 4, 4, 5, 4, meter 2/4, 4, meter 4/4, 5
4. Ch, 4 bars: 1 then 4, 1, 4 then 5 7, 1 (figure: half) then 1 (hit and choked, figure: quarter) then flat 7 (figure: eighth) then 4 (figure: eighth)
5. Int, 2 bars: 1 (figure: dotted half) then flat 7 (figure: eighth) then 4 (figure: eighth), 1
6. V2, 8 bars: 1 then 4, 1, 4, meter 2/4, 4, meter 4/4, 5, 4, meter 2/4, 4, meter 4/4, 5
7. Ch, 4 bars: 1 then 4, 1, 4 then 5 7, 1
8. Outro, 4 bars: 1 then 4, 1, 4 then 5, 1 (figure: half) then 1 (figure: eighth) then 5 (figure: eighth) then 1 (held, figure: quarter)