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My So Called Life

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   Cx-3-2-0-1-0
   G3-2-0-0-0-3
  Dmx-x-0-2-3-1
  Em0-2-2-0-0-0
  Amx-0-2-2-1-0
   F1-3-3-2-1-1
  Bbx-1-3-3-3-1
Intro:   C–  G–  Dm–  G–  C–  Em–    Am2x
CRunning Glate,  Dmhit my girl on the Gcoffee table    
Cthen I Emran out of Amgas
CI held the Gcount but Dmended up in the Gmiddle of nowhere
and Csomeone Emstole all my Amcash  guess, guess
oh Fwhat a tangled web I Gweave  
I've Cgot no Emtricks left at my Amsleeve
                            F       Gstop
I've tossed my head into the rain
DmI've Ggot it Cbad      Em  Fyou've Ggot it Ceven wEmorse now
Flet's Gput our Cheads toEmgether    and reFverse the Gcurse
CAll dressed Gup but Dmslipped into some Gmuddy water  
this Cday’s just Emain't going Amright
Cbottom Gvices Dmalways lead be Gstraight to crisis   
Cthat's my Emso called Amlife, life, life
oh Fwhat a tangled web I Gweave    
I've Cgot no Emtricks left at my sAmleeve
                            F        Gstop
I've tossed my head into the rain
DmI've Ggot it Cbad      Em  Fyou've Ggot it Ceven wEmorse now
Flet's Gput our Cheads toEmgether    and reFverse the Gcurse
             Bb                             Dm^  G  
I'm all out of luck    or is it running out of me
I'm Bball all screwed Dmup    
but there's no Gplace I rather CbeG  C  
 C–  G–  Dm–  G–  C–  Em–    Am2x
well, DmI've Ggot it Cbad      Em  Fyou've Ggot it Ceven wEmorse now
Flet's Gput our Cheads toEmgether    and reFverse the Gcurse
oh, DmI've Ggot it Cgood (I've Emgot it good nFow)  
you've Geven Cgot it Embetter 
Fbaby we Gput our Cheads toEmgether    and reFverse the Gcurse
yes we reFverse the Gcurse    of my so called Clife

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My So Called Life

by Daniel Powter

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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x-3-2-0-1-0

3-2-0-0-0-3

x-x-0-2-3-1

0-2-2-0-0-0

x-0-2-2-1-0

1-3-3-2-1-1

x-1-3-3-3-1

C G Dm G C Em Am

Intro: – – – – – – 2x

C G Dm G

Running late, hit my girl on the coffee table

C Em Am

then I ran out of gas

C G Dm G

I held the count but ended up in the middle of nowhere

C Em Am

and someone stole all my cash guess, guess

F G

oh what a tangled web I weave

C Em Am

I've got no tricks left at my sleeve

F G

stop

I've tossed my head into the rain

Dm G C Em F G C Em

I've got it bad you've got it even worse now

F G C Em F G

let's put our heads together and reverse the curse

C G Dm G

All dressed up but slipped into some muddy water

C Em Am

this day’s just ain't going right

C G Dm G

bottom vices always lead be straight to crisis

C Em Am

that's my so called life, life, life

F G

oh what a tangled web I weave

C Em Am

I've got no tricks left at my sleeve

F G

stop

I've tossed my head into the rain

Dm G C Em F G C Em

I've got it bad you've got it even worse now

F G C Em F G

let's put our heads together and reverse the curse

Bb Dm G

I'm all out of luck or is it running out of me

Bb Dm

I'm all all screwed up

G C G C

but there's no place I rather be

C G Dm G C Em Am

– – – – – – 2x

Dm G C Em F G C Em

well, I've got it bad you've got it even worse now

F G C Em F G

let's put our heads together and reverse the curse

Dm G C Em F

oh, I've got it good (I've got it good now)

G C Em

you've even got it better

F G C Em F G

baby we put our heads together and reverse the curse

F G C

yes we reverse the curse of my so called life

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