B|-1-|      B|-5-|
G|-2-|  or  G|-5-|
D|-1-|      D|-7-|
A|-0-|      A|-6-|
E|-X-|      E|-5-|

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Bb

Bb Adim Gm Adim Bb x2

[Verse 1]
     Bb                          Adim
I was born out of wedlock on the seventeenth day
        Gm        Adim         Bb
Of the third month of '75
     Bb                      Adim
I watched my daddy working every hour God sends
         Gm            Adim   Bb
Just to keep all of my dreams alive
         Bb           Adim                F
I was the eldest of three, the pressure never got to me
  Gm             Eb             Bb
I guess I had a vision of how everybody should be
      Bb   Adim             F
Thinking not of what they'll miss
 Gm            Eb            Bb
Until we're standing at the edge of the abyss


[Chorus]
Cm    Eb     F
Live 'til I die
      Gm    F    Cm
And laugh 'til I cry
Cm    Eb     F
Live 'til I die
      Gm    F    Eb
And laugh 'til I cry


[Bridge]
Bb Eb F
         'Cause I know what I'm looking for
Bb Eb F
          I won't listen any more
Bb Eb F
          Any more
Bb

[Verse 2]
        Bb                               Adim
Well, I went through some changes at the age of fourteen
       Gm               Adim         Bb
And discovered all the joys of rock wear
    Bb                      Adim
I made a point of wearing unfeasibly tight jeans
      Gm                 Adim     Bb
And endeavoured just to grow my hair
     Bb           Adim              F
But kids can be cruel, I wasn't popular at school
Gm           Eb            Bb
I became the subject of a campaign of ridicule
   Bb      Adim       F
But I'll stick by my guns
    Gm       Eb             Bb
And rise above the laughter of the ignorant ones


[Chorus]

Cm    Eb     F
Live 'til I die
      Gm    F    Cm
And laugh 'til I cry
Cm    Eb     F
Live 'til I die
      Gm    F    Eb
And laugh 'til I cry


[Bridge]

Bb Eb F
         'Cause I know what I'm looking for
Bb Eb F
          I won't listen any more
Bb Eb F
          Any more
F


[Bridge 2]
         Bb       Adim          F
And the soundest advice I ever heard a man give
     Gm           Eb            Bb
Was daddy on the subject of the way I want to live
      Bb       Adim             F
"If that's the path you wish to tread
     Gm         Eb                Bb
Put all your clothes back on and take it off of your head
      Bb           Adim                F
'Cause I'll always be here and if you freeze, I'll talk you down
 Gm                Eb              Bb
You don't have to feel obliged to act the high school clown
Bb            Adim         F
I know you've got what it takes
Gm            Eb           Bb
And if you want to you, can learn from your mistakes"


[Chorus]

Cm    Eb     F
Live 'til I die
      Gm    F    Cm
And laugh 'til I cry
Cm    Eb     F
Live 'til I die
      Gm    F    Eb
And laugh 'til I cry