Intro
Cb - C# - F# - Cb - F#
F#
My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
C#
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
Cb F# C#7
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
F#
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
C#
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
Cb F# C#7
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.
Cb
People say that life is good,
F#
it don't seem good to me.
C#
I'm lost without a paddle,
F# C# F#
and I'm headed up shit creek.
Cb
People say that life is fun,
F#
but I don't know why,
C#
as far as I can tell,
C# STOP F# (Cb - F)
life sucks , then you die.
F# -> G
G
The government dumps its toxic waste,
D
right on top of my mother's grave,
C G D7
a team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
G
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
D
I cut off my dick with a power tool,
C G D7
fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
C
People say that life is good,
G
but I just piss and moan,
D
i got one foot on a banana peel,
G D G
the other in the Twilight Zone.
C
People say that life is fun,
G
but I don't know why,
D
as far as I can tell,
D STOP G (C - F#)
life sucks , then you die.
G -> G#
G#
I went to the store to buy some shells,
D#
my gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
C# G# D#7
now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
G#
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife,
D#
another guy wants me to be his wife,
C# G# D#7
hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!
C#
People say that life is good,
G#
give thanks for what you have,
D#
when all you have is nothin',
G# D# G#
nothin' makes you glad.
C#
People say that life is fun,
G#
but I don't know why,
D#
as far as I can tell,
D# D# STOP
life sucks ,
D# D# STOP
life sucks ,
D# D# STOP G# (C# - G)
life sucks , then you die.