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