Intro
A - B - E - A - E
E
My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
B
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
A E B7
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
E
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
B
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
A E B7
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.
A
People say that life is good,
E
it don't seem good to me.
B
I'm lost without a paddle,
E B E
and I'm headed up shit creek.
A
People say that life is fun,
E
but I don't know why,
B
as far as I can tell,
B STOP E (A - F)
life sucks , then you die.
E -> F
F
The government dumps its toxic waste,
C
right on top of my mother's grave,
A# F C7
a team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
F
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
C
I cut off my dick with a power tool,
A# F C7
fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
A#
People say that life is good,
F
but I just piss and moan,
C
i got one foot on a banana peel,
F C F
the other in the Twilight Zone.
A#
People say that life is fun,
F
but I don't know why,
C
as far as I can tell,
C STOP F (A# - F#)
life sucks , then you die.
F -> F#
F#
I went to the store to buy some shells,
C#
my gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
B F# C#7
now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
F#
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife,
C#
another guy wants me to be his wife,
B F# C#7
hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!
B
People say that life is good,
F#
give thanks for what you have,
C#
when all you have is nothin',
F# C# F#
nothin' makes you glad.
B
People say that life is fun,
F#
but I don't know why,
C#
as far as I can tell,
C# C# STOP
life sucks ,
C# C# STOP
life sucks ,
C# C# STOP F# (B - G)
life sucks , then you die.