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Comic Life

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Eminor

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1/21

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 21Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

 Chords Used:
    Asus4    Em    Cmaj7/E    Esus4     A     G     C    Gmaj7  Am*    Bm  Gm  
e|-0-----0----0------0------0---3---0---2------5----2---3---|
B|-3-----0----0------0------2---0---1---0------5----3---3---|
G|-2-----0----0------2------2---0---0---0------5----4---3---|
D|-2-----2----2------2------2---0---2---0------7----4---5---|
A|-------2----3------0------0---2---3---2------7----2---5---|
E|-------0----0------0------0---3---0---3------5----2---3---|
[Intro]
Asus4 Em Asus4 Em
Cmaj7/E Esus4 A
[Verse 1]
You Asus4push away the Emnight
Turn Asus4on the TV Emlight
Drink Cmaj7/Ecoffee and Esus4put on a Ashirt
You jAsus4oin the peoples' cEmries
The Asus4entertainment Emstarts
You Cmaj7/Elaugh, you Esus4scream, you get Aviolent
[Chorus]
And Geverything's going Con outside
Everything's going Don outside
And there ain't Gmuch to do but D/F#try to get Eminside
And Geverything's going Con outside
Everything's going Don outside
You take your Gtiny pills and D/F#live your comic EmlifeEsus4  
[Riff]
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-------5-5-5-5-5-----|
D|-5-7-9---3------3-4--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
[Verse 2]
You Asus4drink and take a Embath
Have Asus4sex in someone's Emhouse
You Cmaj7/Eleave, go to Esus4work, get your Ahead down
Your Asus4trivial mind Emgets filled with Asus4chocolate advert Emspiel
What a Cmaj7/Efunny, deEsus4crepit little Aworld
[Chorus]
And Geverything's going Con outside
GEverything's going Gmaj7on outsideEsus4  
And there ain't Gmuch to do but D/F#try to get Eminside
And Geverything's going Con outside
GEverything's going Gmaj7on outsideEsus4  
You take your Gtiny pills and D/F#live your comic EmlifeEsus4  
[Bridge]
Am*             D  
   If you don't go out today
 Am*                             D  
   How're you meant to make your wisecracks, kid?
Am*             D  
   If you don't go out today
Am*                               D  
   How're you meant to write your sad songs?
[Chorus]
Well Geverything's going Con outside
GEverything's going Gmaj7on outsideEsus4  
You read your Gself-help books and D/F#nurse your second Empint
And Geverything's going Con outside
GEverything's going Gmaj7on outsideEsus4  
You take your Gtiny pills and D/F#live your comic Emlife
I'll just take my Ctiny pills and Emlive  Esus4my     comic   lGife

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Comic Life

by Matt Maltese

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Cmaj7/E

Esus4

Gmaj7

D/F#

Chords Used:

Asus4 Em Cmaj7/E Esus4 A G C Gmaj7 Am Bm Gm

e|-0-----0----0------0------0---3---0---2------5----2---3---|

B|-3-----0----0------0------2---0---1---0------5----3---3---|

G|-2-----0----0------2------2---0---0---0------5----4---3---|

D|-2-----2----2------2------2---0---2---0------7----4---5---|

A|-------2----3------0------0---2---3---2------7----2---5---|

E|-------0----0------0------0---3---0---3------5----2---3---|

[Intro]

Asus4 Em Asus4 Em

Cmaj7/E Esus4 A

[Verse 1]

Asus4 Em

You push away the night

Asus4 Em

Turn on the TV light

Cmaj7/E Esus4 A

Drink coffee and put on a shirt

Asus4 Em

You join the peoples' cries

Asus4 Em

The entertainment starts

Cmaj7/E Esus4 A

You laugh, you scream, you get violent

[Chorus]

G C

And everything's going on outside

Everything's going on outside

G D/F# Em

And there ain't much to do but try to get inside

G C

And everything's going on outside

Everything's going on outside

G D/F# Em Esus4

You take your tiny pills and live your comic life

[Riff]

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

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

G|-------5-5-5-5-5-----|

D|-5-7-9---3------3-4--|

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

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

[Verse 2]

Asus4 Em

You drink and take a bath

Asus4 Em

Have sex in someone's house

Cmaj7/E Esus4 A

You leave, go to work, get your head down

Asus4 Em Asus4 Em

Your trivial mind gets filled with chocolate advert spiel

Cmaj7/E Esus4 A

What a funny, decrepit little world

[Chorus]

G C

And everything's going on outside

G Gmaj7 Esus4

Everything's going on outside

G D/F# Em

And there ain't much to do but try to get inside

G C

And everything's going on outside

G Gmaj7 Esus4

Everything's going on outside

G D/F# Em Esus4

You take your tiny pills and live your comic life

[Bridge]

Am D

If you don't go out today

Am D

How're you meant to make your wisecracks, kid?

Am D

If you don't go out today

Am D

How're you meant to write your sad songs?

[Chorus]

G C

Well everything's going on outside

G Gmaj7 Esus4

Everything's going on outside

G D/F# Em

You read your self-help books and nurse your second pint

G C

And everything's going on outside

G Gmaj7 Esus4

Everything's going on outside

G D/F# Em

You take your tiny pills and live your comic life

C Em Esus4 G

I'll just take my tiny pills and live my comic life

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