Por Vida

Karly Loaiza (born July 17, 1993), known professionally as Kali Uchis, is a Colombian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and music video director. She was born in Colombia and raised in Virginia, United States. Uchis would write and produce most of her own music. She began collaborating with rapper Snoop Dogg on the song "On Edge", from his 2014 mixtape That's My Work 3. In February 2015, she released her first studio project, which is her first EP, titled Por Vida. Read more on Last.fm

[Verse 1:]

F#
They say one door open when another door close
F#
I'm prayin' that's that way that it goes
C#
Because right when I'm 'bout to turn the door knob
B                                                         
It seems it's all locked up and the key decomposed
F#
Remind me this the life that I chose
C#                     
Go full speed, I can't read, the signs that say stop
F#
I brush it off and try to act all nonchalant
C#
I notice everything, I just act like I don't

Boy I know what I want

[Hook:]
F#         F#         B
I know just what I want
C#
Don't tell me cause

[Verse 2:]
B
You swear that you're grown
B
It's 5 in the morning
F#
You won't call, I'll come home
C#
I'm getting really tired of it
B                               
All up in my phone, boy leave it alone
F#
And I'm learning, now I know
C#
Should have left your ass in the friend zone

[Verse 1]

[Hook x4]

[Verse 2]

Know What I Want

Bm              Em
Baby dímelo
G               F#m
Dímelo, dímelo, dímelo


Bm          Em
Oigo las sirenas
G              F#m
Suenan tan violentas
Bm          Em
Tu serias tirano
G        
Si te doy poder
    F#m
Lo arrebatas de mi mano
Bm           Em 
Mirame a los ojos
G             F#m
Tu silencia es oro
Bm                    Em
Cuando el mundo se desarma
G              F#m
Tu mi paz, mi calma


Bm           Em  
Todo alrededor
           G                  F#m
Un calidoscopio asi es tu amor
                    Bm         
(No me quiero bajar)
    Em          G           
Elevame mas y mas y mas
   F#m
y mas y mas
Bm          Em
Quieres dominar
           G              F#m
Que harias con la autoridad
                    Bm         
(No me quiero bajar)
    Em          G           
Elevame mas y mas y mas
   F#m
y mas y mas


Bm                     Em
Tienes perras en todos lados
G                    F#m
Yo me escondi por un rato
Bm                             Em
Me juraste olvidarte del mundo
      G               F#m
Si mi cuerpo fuera tuyo
Bm                   Em
Pues mira, mira, míralo (míralo, míralo)
           G                F#m
Papi está rico, papi está guapo (papi está guapo)
Bm                            Em     
El mundo quiere perder el control
        G                      F#m 
Todo lo que hacemos es decirle que no (dile adios)


Bm           Em  
Todo alrededor
           G                  F#m
Un calidoscopio asi es tu amor
                    Bm         
(No me quiero bajar)
    Em          G           
Elevame mas y mas y mas
   F#m
y mas y mas
Bm          Em
Quieres dominar
           G              F#m
Que harias con la autoridad
                    Bm         
(No me quiero bajar)
    Em          G           
Elevame mas y mas y mas
   F#m
y mas y mas


Bm          Em
G      F#m
Baby dímelo
Bm          Em
G               F#m
Dímelo, dímelo, dímelo


Bm                    Em
Dime quien podra pararlo, baby
G                 F#m
Tu me tienes mal, me tienes crazy
Bm                   Em                    G
Por ti hago lo que sea, por ti voy a donde sea
                      F#m
Yo te llevo a donde sea, yeah
        Bm           Em
Pero siempre te dicen que (siempre te dicen)
          G                          F#m
Que me la paso en el barrio enamorando mujeres
Bm               Em
Nunca te dicen que (nunca te dicen)
                      G              F#m
Que tú eres la que yo quiero a mi lado, yeah


Bm           Em  
Todo alrededor
           G                  F#m
Un calidoscopio asi es tu amor
                    Bm         
(No me quiero bajar)
    Em          G           
Elevame mas y mas y mas
   F#m
y mas y mas
Bm          Em
Quieres dominar
           G              F#m
Que harias con la autoridad
                    Bm         
(No me quiero bajar)
    Em          G           
Elevame mas y mas y mas
   F#m
y mas y mas


Bm                              E
              G                                F#m
We're goin' 'round and around and around, goin' down, down
Bm                              E
              G                                F#m
We're goin' 'round and around and around, goin' down, down

Tirano

intro:

A Caug Ab E Abm F#m 
                        A
I don't want to be your cigarette
                        Eaug 
I don't want to be your ashtray
                        Abm
I don't want to be your doormat
 
'Don't want to be ignored
                         F#m
All o' sudden you're not into me


                   A
And maybe it's not deliberate
                Abaug 
And I know you never asked me
                    Abm 
I just gotta put it out there
                                       F#m
I don’t put myself out there usually I stay tucked away

      A
Cause I was a loner until I met you
    Abaug                               Abm 
And I let you in after all the persuasion
                      F#m
Mind games, manipulations.


                            A 
That's why I'd rather be a loner
                   Ab
Yeah I'd rather be alone
                     Abm
I don't even want to know ya
                     F#m
I don't want to be known


                        A
Cause I'd rather be a loner
                   Ab
I'd much rather be alone
                    Abm
Baby it was nice to know ya
                      F#m
Packing up and leaving home.



                           A
No I don't want to be your cigarette
                        Abaug 
Use me up then toss me, step on me
                      Abm
I don't want to be an option
                                         F#m
Avoidin' interactions cause I just wanna get away



                    A
And maybe you got a full plate
                           Abaug
Know I'm cookin' something better                                 
                         Abm
but if you don't want me now

boy then I don't want you later
                  F#m
Don't try to come eat with me


      A
Cause I was a loner until I met you
    Abaug                               Abm 
And I let you in after all the persuasion
                      F#m
headaches and allegations.


                            A 
That's why I'd rather be a loner
                   Ab
Yeah I'd rather be alone
                     Abm
I don't even want to know ya
                     F#m
I don't want to be known


                        A
Cause I'd rather be a loner
                   Ab
I'd much rather be alone
                    Abm
Baby it was nice to know ya
                      F#m
Packing up and leaving home.

Outro 
A Abaug Abm F#m
A Ab Abm F#m

Loner

[Intro] (x2)
D Bm

[Verse]
     D        
If I told you I was yours You'd probably label me a "bore"
      Bm
Maybe I'm just trying way too hard to keep you
         D
You're an angel and I'm blessed So I am trying to do my best
            Bm
Want you to know how very nice it was to meet you

[Pre-Chorus]
        D                              C#m
So much time I spend to find something that I could call mine
          Bm                          A
Something real out of all these phony people
      D                              C#m
And I know our past is tainted It's a shame, now, baby ain't it
        Bm                             A
But I'm willing if you're willing only see through

[Chorus]
    D   C                   G
Can you take this chance on me?
                   A
You won't regret it, come on and get it
D       C              G
Love is like the lottery
                A
Oh we had issues, can we dismiss those?
    D   C                   G
Can you take this chance on me?
                     A
You won't regret it, come on and get it

[Bridge]
D               Bm
You're the only one I say
G                  A
Yeah we had issues, can we dismiss those?

[Verse]
   D                          
If to you I am indebted Don't expect you to forget it
        Bm
But it's only gonna stop us If we let it
       D
Yeah it hit me like a gunshot And from then to my very own blind
      Bm
I'm a roll these dice until I hit the jackpot

[Pre-Chorus]
     D                   
Baby I know I learned my lesson
        C#m
That was never my profession
         Bm                                A
I'm just learning as we're growing and progressing
    D
No I never meant to hurt you
         C#m
Please myself I didn't virtue
        Bm                          A
Now my mind is ready to give all our nurture

[Chorus]
    D   C                   G
Can you take this chance on me?
                   A
You won't regret it, come on and get it
D       C              G
Love is like the lottery
                A
Oh we had issues, can we dismiss those?
    D   C                   G
Can you take this chance on me?
                     A
You won't regret it, come on and get it

[Bridge]
D               Bm
You're the only one I say
G                  A
Yeah we had issues, can we dismiss those?

[Outro]
D Bm
D Bm

Lottery

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



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| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


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