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