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Capo on first fret
AThere's a man down my street     Eevery morning wakes up late
Dwhen he wakes up      he sees what he'As becoEme
Aslaps his shoes on his feet        Eshuts the door and leaves
Dworking his whole life         oAh what a Elife
-chorus-
Dwe believe that heaven's gone    Ato a place we don't belong
F#min a song that makes us sad      iEn a world that's going mad
Dwe believe in what we want      Acuz it hurts us to be wrong
F#mif i break before it ends   in my heart of hearts
EI hope you'll understand
Athere's a school up my street          Ewith some kids i know
as blameless the snoDw          Athe falling snEow
AThen a man half insane
shoots up hEalf the school before taking his own 
Dlife
Aoh what a lifeE  
(chorus)
(background singers A)    E....
 3x (wake me up when all the people wanna change) .....
Athese cops are on the streets there's people breaking into stores
F#mthe sky is falling all around us, and there's one place left to go
Dcuz i believe in something better, something we were born to receive
Eand i don't care what anyone says cuz i believe 
(Chorus)

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What A Life

by Quietdrive

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Capo on first fret

A E

There's a man down my street every morning wakes up late

D A E

when he wakes up he sees what he's become

A E

slaps his shoes on his feet shuts the door and leaves

D A E

working his whole life oh what a life

-chorus-

D A

we believe that heaven's gone to a place we don't belong

F#m E

in a song that makes us sad in a world that's going mad

D A

we believe in what we want cuz it hurts us to be wrong

F#m

if i break before it ends in my heart of hearts

I hope you'll understand

A E

there's a school up my street with some kids i know

D A E

as blameless the snow the falling snow

Then a man half insane

shoots up half the school before taking his own

life

A E

oh what a life

(chorus)

A E

(background singers ) ....

3x (wake me up when all the people wanna change) .....

these cops are on the streets there's people breaking into stores

F#m

the sky is falling all around us, and there's one place left to go

cuz i believe in something better, something we were born to receive

and i don't care what anyone says cuz i believe

(Chorus)

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