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