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Aimee Mann
31 Today
Capo 6
Riff (in the intro and the verses, played every verse over the final G chord –you 
can also do G-Gsus4. All referent to capo)
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F C G G
F C G G
[Verse 1]
FThirty-Cone Gtoday
FWhat a Cthing to Gsay
EmDrinking Guinness in Cthe afterGnoon
EmTaking shelter in the Cblack Gcocoon
[Chorus]
AmI thought my life would be Fdifferent somehow
GI thought my life would be Embetter by now
AmI thought my life would be Fdifferent somehow
EmI thought my Dsus4life would be Em6better by now
CBut it's not, and GI don't Fknow where to Amturn
[Interlude]
   F     C   GX2
[Verse 2]
FCalled some Cguy I Gknew
FHad a Cdrink or Gtwo
EmAnd we fumbled as the Cday grew Gdark
EmI pretended that I Cfelt a Gspark
[Chorus]
AmI thought my life would be Fdifferent somehow
GI thought my life would be Embetter by now
AmI thought my life would be Fdifferent somehow
EmI thought my Dsus4life would be Em6better by now
CBut it's not, and GI don't Fknow where to Amturn
GNo, it's not, and Dsus4I don't Emknow where to CturnAm  
GNo, it's not, and Dsus4I don't Emknow where to CturnAm  
[Interlude]
   F     C   GX2
[Verse 3]
FEaster Ccomes and Ggoes
FMaybe CJesus Gknows
EmSo you roll on Cwith the best you Gcan
EmGetting loaded, Cwatching GCNN
[Outro]
AmI thought my life would be Fdifferent somehow
GI thought my life would be Embetter by now
AmI thought my life would be Fdifferent somehow
EmI thought my Dsus4life would be Em6better by now
CBut it's not, and GI don't Fknow where to Amturn
GNo, it's not, and Dsus4I don't Emknow where to CturnAm  
GNo, it's not, and Dsus4I don't Emknow where to CturnAm  
EmNo, it's not, and Dsus4I don't Em6know
[Outro]
C  G  F  Am

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31 Today

by Aimee Mann

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 6 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

Em6

Aimee Mann

31 Today

Capo 6

Riff (in the intro and the verses, played every verse over the final G chord –you

can also do G-Gsus4. All referent to capo)

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F C G G

[Verse 1]

F C G

Thirty-one today

F C G

What a thing to say

Em C G

Drinking Guinness in the afternoon

Em C G

Taking shelter in the black cocoon

[Chorus]

Am F

I thought my life would be different somehow

G Em

I thought my life would be better by now

Am F

I thought my life would be different somehow

Em Dsus4 Em6

I thought my life would be better by now

C G F Am

But it's not, and I don't know where to turn

[Interlude]

F C G

[Verse 2]

F C G

Called some guy I knew

F C G

Had a drink or two

Em C G

And we fumbled as the day grew dark

Em C G

I pretended that I felt a spark

[Chorus]

Am F

I thought my life would be different somehow

G Em

I thought my life would be better by now

Am F

I thought my life would be different somehow

Em Dsus4 Em6

I thought my life would be better by now

C G F Am

But it's not, and I don't know where to turn

G Dsus4 Em C Am

No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn

G Dsus4 Em C Am

No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn

[Interlude]

F C G

[Verse 3]

F C G

Easter comes and goes

F C G

Maybe Jesus knows

Em C G

So you roll on with the best you can

Em C G

Getting loaded, watching CNN

[Outro]

Am F

I thought my life would be different somehow

G Em

I thought my life would be better by now

Am F

I thought my life would be different somehow

Em Dsus4 Em6

I thought my life would be better by now

C G F Am

But it's not, and I don't know where to turn

G Dsus4 Em C Am

No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn

G Dsus4 Em C Am

No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn

Em Dsus4 Em6

No, it's not, and I don't know

[Outro]

C G F Am

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