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