Intro
D
[Verse 1]
D C
Well they crowned me with thorns on the day I was born
G D
By the light of a cold television
D C
And I remember the bars on his uniform
G D
As he marched from the field of vision
D C G D
[Verse 2]
D C
When he didn't come home, it was just us alone
G D
The brat and the widowed civilian
D C
Then one April night after Ma took her life
G D
I fell down the street to oblivion
[Chorus 1]
C G D
And I took what the dumpsters were giving
C G D
And I did my best to survive
C G D
'Cause I figured that life's for the living
A
While you're alive
D
While you're alive
[Verse 3]
D C
Bring out the gin and the small violins
G D
I'm a raging success as a failure
D C
And it's colder than hell in this cardboard hotel
G D
Which I share with a chronic embezzler
[Verse 4]
D C
So I beat my retreat down Collister Street
G D
To one of my holy places
D C
And they tangled my wings with wire and string
G D
But I'm spinning in a whirlpool of faces
[Chorus 2]
C G D
And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving
C G D
And I'll do my best to survive
C G D
'Cause I still think that life's for the living
C G A# G
Yes I still think that life's for the li---ving
[Instrumental Build]
A# C D
[Singing comes back in]
D C G D [x4]
[Chorus 3]
C G D
And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving
C G D
And I'll pray every night to St. Giles
C G D
But I still think that life's for the living
A
At least for a while
D
At least for a while
[Outro]
D C G
End on D