Intro
Fb - F# - B - Fb - B
B
My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
F#
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
Fb B F#7
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
B
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
F#
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
Fb B F#7
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.
Fb
People say that life is good,
B
it don't seem good to me.
F#
I'm lost without a paddle,
B F# B
and I'm headed up shit creek.
Fb
People say that life is fun,
B
but I don't know why,
F#
as far as I can tell,
F# STOP B (Fb - F)
life sucks , then you die.
B -> C
C
The government dumps its toxic waste,
G
right on top of my mother's grave,
F C G7
a team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
C
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
G
I cut off my dick with a power tool,
F C G7
fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
F
People say that life is good,
C
but I just piss and moan,
G
i got one foot on a banana peel,
C G C
the other in the Twilight Zone.
F
People say that life is fun,
C
but I don't know why,
G
as far as I can tell,
G STOP C (F - F#)
life sucks , then you die.
C -> C#
C#
I went to the store to buy some shells,
G#
my gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
F# C# G#7
now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
C#
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife,
G#
another guy wants me to be his wife,
F# C# G#7
hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!
F#
People say that life is good,
C#
give thanks for what you have,
G#
when all you have is nothin',
C# G# C#
nothin' makes you glad.
F#
People say that life is fun,
C#
but I don't know why,
G#
as far as I can tell,
G# G# STOP
life sucks ,
G# G# STOP
life sucks ,
G# G# STOP C# (F# - G)
life sucks , then you die.