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[Intro]
E(xA3)E  A  E  A  E  A  
[Verse]
I Ethink if life eAxists
It's Eprobably like Athis
I Ehad a common Agoal
I Ecaught a common Acold
I Esaid when I get Ahealthy
I Ewon't take it for Agranted
And I Ereally thought I Ameant it
But I Eknew when I got Abetter
That I'd Eprobably forAget it
Feeling Efine wasn't worth a Amention
So I Edidn't pay Aattention
And it Eseems that's just the Away
Its all Eeasier said that Adone
And it's not Eeven easy to Asay
[Bells]
E(xA2)E  A  
[Verse]
And Ewhen I get back Ahome
I'll see what's Eleft before I'd Agone
A Ethousand sheets of Apaper
I'll Esee what they are Alater
And Ethen I've gotta Aroam
And Eback and forth I've Aflown
And Ewhen I get back Ahome
I'll see what's Eleft before I've Agone
Two Ethousand sheets of Apaper
I'll Esee what they are Alater
Well it's Ehard to get too Abored
When you Epick the right two Achords
EAnd you keep on Astrumming
As if Eyou don't know what's Acoming
[Bells]
E(xA2)E  A  
[Verse]
ENow I don't have a Agirlfriend and I Ewish I was more Ahappy
ENow I have a Agirlfriend and I Ewish I was more Ahappy
ENow I have two Agirlfriends and I Ewish I was more Ahappy
ENow I have four Agirlfriends and I Ewish I was more Ahappy
And Ewhen I'm in an Aairplane
I close Emy eyes and Apretend
That it's a Erocket pointed Astraight down
Shooting Eat the earth aAgain
ENow I am more Ahappy
And I Ewish I was more Ahappy
If I Ewas a little Asmarter
If I Eworked a little Aharder
But Eemotions in the Abrain
They'll Ealways be the Asame
It's just Echemicals and Ablob
And what you've Egot is what you've Agot
EAnd you just aApply it
To whatEever's passing Aby it
[Bells]
E(xA2)E  A  
[Verse]
Just Elike the guitar Apick that I could Enot keep in my Agrip
It's like Eall the love I Alose 'cos I could Enever fill the Ashoes
But it's just beEcause I have no Afeet
And Ethen I think every Aminute of every Eday I have a Achoice
To Ewish things could be Abetter or be Eglad things aren't be Aworse
And Emaybe every Aminute of every Eday we have the Achoice
To Esay, "Things could be Abetter," or to Esay, "Things could be Aworse."
[Chorus]
And I Ethink if life Aexists
It's Eprobably like Athis
But it's Ehard to get too Abored
When you Epick the right two Achords
EAnd you keep on Astrumming
As if Eyou don't know what's Acoming
And it Eseems that's just the Away
It's all Eeasier said that Adone
And it's not Eeven easy to Asay
[Bells]
E(xA2)E  A  

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If Life Exists

by Jeffrey Lewis

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

E A E A E A E A

(x3)

[Verse]

E A

I think if life exists

E A

It's probably like this

E A

I had a common goal

E A

I caught a common cold

E A

I said when I get healthy

E A

I won't take it for granted

E A

And I really thought I meant it

E A

But I knew when I got better

E A

That I'd probably forget it

E A

Feeling fine wasn't worth a mention

E A

So I didn't pay attention

E A

And it seems that's just the way

E A

Its all easier said that done

E A

And it's not even easy to say

[Bells]

E A E A

(x2)

[Verse]

E A

And when I get back home

E A

I'll see what's left before I'd gone

E A

A thousand sheets of paper

E A

I'll see what they are later

E A

And then I've gotta roam

E A

And back and forth I've flown

E A

And when I get back home

E A

I'll see what's left before I've gone

E A

Two thousand sheets of paper

E A

I'll see what they are later

E A

Well it's hard to get too bored

E A

When you pick the right two chords

E A

And you keep on strumming

E A

As if you don't know what's coming

[Bells]

E A E A

(x2)

[Verse]

E A E A

Now I don't have a girlfriend and I wish I was more happy

E A E A

Now I have a girlfriend and I wish I was more happy

E A E A

Now I have two girlfriends and I wish I was more happy

E A E A

Now I have four girlfriends and I wish I was more happy

E A

And when I'm in an airplane

E A

I close my eyes and pretend

E A

That it's a rocket pointed straight down

E A

Shooting at the earth again

E A

Now I am more happy

E A

And I wish I was more happy

E A

If I was a little smarter

E A

If I worked a little harder

E A

But emotions in the brain

E A

They'll always be the same

E A

It's just chemicals and blob

E A

And what you've got is what you've got

E A

And you just apply it

E A

To whatever's passing by it

[Bells]

E A E A

(x2)

[Verse]

E A E A

Just like the guitar pick that I could not keep in my grip

E A E A

It's like all the love I lose 'cos I could never fill the shoes

E A

But it's just because I have no feet

E A E A

And then I think every minute of every day I have a choice

E A E A

To wish things could be better or be glad things aren't be worse

E A E A

And maybe every minute of every day we have the choice

E A E A

To say, "Things could be better," or to say, "Things could be worse."

[Chorus]

E A

And I think if life exists

E A

It's probably like this

E A

But it's hard to get too bored

E A

When you pick the right two chords

E A

And you keep on strumming

E A

As if you don't know what's coming

E A

And it seems that's just the way

E A

It's all easier said that done

E A

And it's not even easy to say

[Bells]

E A E A

(x2)

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