Verse
C# C
I was listening to the voices of death on parade
B F#
Singin' about conspiracy, wanting me to be afraid
F#m6 C#
Working for a system I couldn't understand or trust
G#sus4 G#
Suffering ridicule and wanting to give it all up in disgust.
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
But you changed my life
C# F# G#
Came along in a time of strife
F# C#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
C# G# C#
You changed my life.
[Verse 2]
C# C
Talk about salvation, people suddenly get tired
B F#
They got a million things to do, they're all so inspired
F#m6 C#
You do the work of the devil, you got a million friends
G#sus4 G#
They'll be there when you got something, they'll take it all in the end
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
But you changed my life
C# F# G#
Came along in a time of strife
F# C#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
C# G# C#
You changed my life.
[Verse 3]
C# C
Well, the nature of man is to beg and to steal
B F#
I do it myself, it's not so unreal
F#m6 C#
The call of the wild is forever at my door
G#sus4 G#
Wants me to fly like an eagle while being chained to the floor
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
But you changed my life
C# F# G#
Came along in a time of strife
F# C#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
C# G# C#
You changed my life.
[Verse 4]
C# C
I was eating with the pigs off a fancy tray
B F#
I was told i was looking good and to have a nice day
F#m6 C#
It all seemed so proper, it all seemed so elite
G#sus4 G#
Eating that absolute garbage while being so discreet
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
But you changed my life
C# F# G#
Came along in a time of strife
F# C#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
C# G# C#
You changed my life.
[Verse 5]
C# C
You were glowing in the sun while being peaceably calm
B F#
While orphans of man danced to the beat of the palm
F#m6 C#
Your eyes were on fire, your feet were of brass
G#sus4 G#
In the world you had made they made you an outcast
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
But you changed my life
C# F# G#
Came along in a time of strife
F# C#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
C# G# C#
You changed my life.
[Verse 6]
C# C
There was someone in my body that I could hardly see
B F#
Invading my privacy making my decisions for me
F#m6 C#
Holding me back, not letting me stand
G#sus4 G#
Making me feel like a stranger in a strange land
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
But you changed my life
C# F# G#
Came along in a time of strife
F# C#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
C# G# C#
You changed my life.
[Verse 7]
C# C
My Lord and my Savior, my companion, my friend
B F#
Heart fixer, mind regulator, true to the end
F#m6 C#
My creator, my comforter, my cause for joy
G#sus4 G#
What the world is set against but will never destroy
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
But you changed my life
C# F# G#
Came along in a time of strife
F# C#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
C# G# C#
You changed my life.