Intro
Eb - F - A# - Eb - A#
A#
My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
F
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
Eb A# F7
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
A#
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
F
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
Eb A# F7
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.
Eb
People say that life is good,
A#
it don't seem good to me.
F
I'm lost without a paddle,
A# F A#
and I'm headed up shit creek.
Eb
People say that life is fun,
A#
but I don't know why,
F
as far as I can tell,
F STOP A# (Eb - F)
life sucks , then you die.
A# -> B
B
The government dumps its toxic waste,
F#
right on top of my mother's grave,
E B F#7
a team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
B
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
F#
I cut off my dick with a power tool,
E B F#7
fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
E
People say that life is good,
B
but I just piss and moan,
F#
i got one foot on a banana peel,
B F# B
the other in the Twilight Zone.
E
People say that life is fun,
B
but I don't know why,
F#
as far as I can tell,
F# STOP B (E - F#)
life sucks , then you die.
B -> C
C
I went to the store to buy some shells,
G
my gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
F C G7
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 G7
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.