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[Verse 1]
      Em
Gotta live more than you're dying
      G
Gotta laugh more than you're crying
       A                                       Em
Didn't anybody tell you that the end is coming soon?
     Em
It's never too late to let it go
                 G
But you're never gonna learn if you don't know
            A                                       B
That if the creek don't rise, the roses ain't gonna bloom

[Chorus]
   G             Em
In these strange days indeed
         A     G              Em
When you don't know what to believe
         G                Em
In these strange times, I swear
A                                    B
Right now, it's just all too much to bear
        Em
Lord, I swear

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
          Em
Grind yourself down to the bone
         G
What you reap is what you've sown
       A                                                  Em
But what the hell's the matter with the noose around your neck?
      Em
Yeah, you can drink or you can pray
        G
You can fantasy another day
          A                                            B
Or have a hell of a time with the time that you've got left

[Chorus]
   G             Em
In these strange days indeed
         A     G              Em
When you don't know what to believe
         G                Em
In these strange times, I swear
A                                    B
Right now, it's just all too much to bear
        Em
Lord, I swear

| G    | Em | G A | Em G |
| A Em | G  | B   | Em   |

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[Verse 3]
          Em
You ain't special, you ain't blessed
       G
Just a stressed-out fucking mess
          A                                   B
Just like her, like him, like us, like me and them

[Chorus]
   G             Em
In these strange days indeed
         A     G              Em
When you don't know what to believe
         G                Em
In these strange times, I swear
A                                    B
Right now, it's just all too much to bear

[Chorus]
             A      G      Em
Lord, these strange days indeed
         A          G         Em
When you don't know what to believe
         G                Em
In these strange times, I swear
A                                    B
Right now, it's just all too much to bear

[Outro]
Em
Lord, I swear