Intro
Gb - G# - C# - Gb - C#
C#
My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
G#
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
Gb C# G#7
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
C#
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
G#
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
Gb C# G#7
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.
Gb
People say that life is good,
C#
it don't seem good to me.
G#
I'm lost without a paddle,
C# G# C#
and I'm headed up shit creek.
Gb
People say that life is fun,
C#
but I don't know why,
G#
as far as I can tell,
G# STOP C# (Gb - F)
life sucks , then you die.
C# -> D
D
The government dumps its toxic waste,
A
right on top of my mother's grave,
G D A7
a team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
D
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
A
I cut off my dick with a power tool,
G D A7
fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
G
People say that life is good,
D
but I just piss and moan,
A
i got one foot on a banana peel,
D A D
the other in the Twilight Zone.
G
People say that life is fun,
D
but I don't know why,
A
as far as I can tell,
A STOP D (G - F#)
life sucks , then you die.
D -> D#
D#
I went to the store to buy some shells,
A#
my gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
G# D# A#7
now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
D#
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife,
A#
another guy wants me to be his wife,
G# D# A#7
hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!
G#
People say that life is good,
D#
give thanks for what you have,
A#
when all you have is nothin',
D# A# D#
nothin' makes you glad.
G#
People say that life is fun,
D#
but I don't know why,
A#
as far as I can tell,
A# A# STOP
life sucks ,
A# A# STOP
life sucks ,
A# A# STOP D# (G# - G)
life sucks , then you die.