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