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The Life I Live

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Q65 - The Life I Live
INTRO (MAIN RIFF)
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-1/2---|\
A|-1/2---| 4x
E|-0-0---|/
VERSE 1
E5Sitting in my A5chair and E5thinking
E5Thinking of the A5crowd I'm in wE5ith
C5Thinking of the B5music I E5make
And all the C5things I don't B5wanna gE5ive
MAIN RIFF 2x
VERSE 2
VERSE RIFF (played in verses 2, 4 and 6)
e|-Em-------------|
B|--------------|
G|----0023-20---|
D|-2-2--------2-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Well, I Emtake everyAmthing I Emwant
The Emgirls are Amfighting for Emme
But Ceverytime that BI take oEmne
They're Cindisposed, Bpoor old mEme!
Fm
CHORUS RIFF
e|-Fm-------------|
B|--------------|
G|----1134-31---|
D|-3-3--------3-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
CHORUS
Well, Fmthis is my Bbmlife of saFmdness
FmThis is the Bbmlife I lFmive
DbThis is my Clife of glFmadness
DbThis is the Clife I lFmive
MAIN RIFF 4x
VERSE 3
E5Last week I A5went to the grE5aveyard
E5My dog was A5killed by a cE5ar
Feel the C5pain, the B5pain has sE5tarted
He's C5dead, but friends, B5we still aE5re
MAIN RIFF 2x
VERSE 4
EmSunday we pAmlayed in a dEmancing
The Empublic was Amvery dEmown
But it Cdidn't bore Bus a thEming
'Cause we Csmoked oursBelves a kiEmck
Fm
CHORUS
Well, Fmthis is my Bbmlife of saFmdness
FmThis is the Bbmlife I lFmive
DbThis is my Clife of glFmadness
DbThis is the Clife I lFmive
G
HARMONICA SOLO
G \ 5x
 C/
G
MAIN RIFF 2x
VERSE 5
I E5had a gA5irl and I lE5oved her
She E5knows, she A5knows I still E5do
But she C5married wiB5th a E5rich man
But the C5things she wB5ants, he can't E5do
MAIN RIFF 2x
VERSE 6
EmOnce we wAmere on Joops wEmedding
We Emsmoked and dAmrank all nEmight
At Ctwelve we Bwere thrown Emout
'Cause the Chouse had Bchanged into a Emcrowd
Fm
CHORUS
Well, Fmthis is my Bbmlife of saFmdness
FmThis is the Bbmlife I lFmive
DbThis is my Clife of glFmadness
DbThis is the Clife I lFmive

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The Life I Live

by Q65

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Q65 - The Life I Live

INTRO (MAIN RIFF)

e|-------|

B|-------|

G|-------|

D|-1/2---|\

A|-1/2---| 4x

E|-0-0---|/

VERSE 1

E5 A5 E5

Sitting in my chair and thinking

E5 A5 E5

Thinking of the crowd I'm in with

C5 B5 E5

Thinking of the music I make

C5 B5 E5

And all the things I don't wanna give

MAIN RIFF 2x

VERSE 2

VERSE RIFF (played in verses 2, 4 and 6)

e|--------------|

B|--------------|

G|----0023-20---|

D|-2-2--------2-|

A|--------------|

E|--------------|

Em Am Em

Well, I take everything I want

Em Am Em

The girls are fighting for me

C B Em

But everytime that I take one

C B Em

They're indisposed, poor old me!

CHORUS RIFF

e|--------------|

B|--------------|

G|----1134-31---|

D|-3-3--------3-|

A|--------------|

E|--------------|

CHORUS

Fm Bbm Fm

Well, this is my life of sadness

Fm Bbm Fm

This is the life I live

Db C Fm

This is my life of gladness

Db C Fm

This is the life I live

MAIN RIFF 4x

VERSE 3

E5 A5 E5

Last week I went to the graveyard

E5 A5 E5

My dog was killed by a car

C5 B5 E5

Feel the pain, the pain has started

C5 B5 E5

He's dead, but friends, we still are

MAIN RIFF 2x

VERSE 4

Em Am Em

Sunday we played in a dancing

Em Am Em

The public was very down

C B Em

But it didn't bore us a thing

C B Em

'Cause we smoked ourselves a kick

CHORUS

Fm Bbm Fm

Well, this is my life of sadness

Fm Bbm Fm

This is the life I live

Db C Fm

This is my life of gladness

Db C Fm

This is the life I live

HARMONICA SOLO

G \ 5x

MAIN RIFF 2x

VERSE 5

E5 A5 E5

I had a girl and I loved her

E5 A5 E5

She knows, she knows I still do

C5 B5 E5

But she married with a rich man

C5 B5 E5

But the things she wants, he can't do

MAIN RIFF 2x

VERSE 6

Em Am Em

Once we were on Joops wedding

Em Am Em

We smoked and drank all night

C B Em

At twelve we were thrown out

C B Em

'Cause the house had changed into a crowd

CHORUS

Fm Bbm Fm

Well, this is my life of sadness

Fm Bbm Fm

This is the life I live

Db C Fm

This is my life of gladness

Db C Fm

This is the life I live

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