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