Hit Hackers #002 Show Notes
Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 05:32PM Hit Hackers: Live Like You Were Dying -- Tim McGraw
Title: Live Like You Were Dying
Album: Live Like You Were Dying (2004)
Written by: Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman
Track Length: 4:58
Tempo: 80 bpm
Tim Nichols MySpace - You can hear Nichols' version of the song there.
Big Loug Shirt -- Craig Wiseman's Publishing Co.
Charts
#1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks
#1 on Radio & Records' country charts for 10 consecutive weeks
Awards
Song of the Year and Single of the Year at the 38th Annual CMA Awards
Grammy: Best Country Vocal Performance - Male
BMI Country Song of the Year
ASCAP Country Song of the Year
NSAI Song of the Year
Inspirational County Music Song of the Year
Spawned a novel: Live Like You Were Dying by Michael Morris
Spawned an inspirational book: Live Like You Were Dying by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman, featuring inspirational quotes and photos
Other Tim Nichols hits: No. 1 via Terri Clark's "Girls Lie Too." Other hits with Jo Dee Messina, Lee Anne Womack and Alan Jackson
Other Craig Wiseman hits: has written or co-written 13 No. 1 hits and 90 charted singles according to CMT.com
Song Structure:
verse/prechorus/chorus/verse/prechorus/chorus/bridge/chorus
| Sections | Duration | Chords |
| Intro | 8 bars (23 seconds) | 4add9-5 |
| Verse | 8 bars | 1-4-6m-5-4add9 |
| Pre Chorus | 5 bars | 6 - 6/b6 -6/5 - 4 |
| Chorus | 16 bars | 1-4-6m-5-4 1-3min7-6m-5-4 |
| Verse | 8 bars |
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| Pre Chorus | 5 bars |
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| Chorus | 16 bars |
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| Bridge | 7 bars | 6/b6 -6/5 - 4 4m-4dim-4 |
| Chorus | 16 bars | Key change - up full step |
| Outro fade |
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