INTRO (MAIN RIFF)
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VERSE 1
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Sitting in my chair and thinking
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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)
   Em
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        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!

Fm

CHORUS RIFF
   Fm
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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

Fm

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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HARMONICA G  O
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C /
G

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
Fm

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