Life Sucksthen You Die

Intro :  Bb - C - F - Bb - F


     F
My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
    C
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
    Bb                                      F     C7
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
    F
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
    C
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
    Bb                                     F      C7
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.


Bb
People say that life is good,
    F
it don't seem good to me.
     C
I'm lost without a paddle,
         F     C          F
and I'm headed up shit creek.

Bb
People say that life is fun,
 F
but I don't know why,
    C
as far as I can tell,
      C    STOP           F    (Bb - F)
life sucks  ,   then you die.


               F -> F#


    F#
The government dumps its toxic waste,
C#
right on top of my mother's grave,
   B                                     F#      C#7
a team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
         F#
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
  C#
I cut off my dick with a power tool,
 B                                       F#      C#7
fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.


 B
People say that life is good,
    F#
but I just piss and moan,
      C#
i got one foot on a banana peel,
    F#             C#     F#
the other in the Twilight Zone.

 B
People say that life is fun,
F#
but I don't know why,
   C#
as far as I can tell,
     C#    STOP           F#     (B - F#)
life sucks  ,   then you die.


               F# -> G


   G
I went to the store to buy some shells,
    D
my gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
         C                                  G         D7
now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
    G
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife,
  D
another guy wants me to be his wife,
        C                                                 G        D7
hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!


 C
People say that life is good,
       G
give thanks for what you have,
     D
when all you have is nothin',
 G       D          G
nothin' makes you glad.

 C
People say that life is fun,
 G
but I don't know why,
    D
as far as I can tell,
 D    D    STOP
life sucks ,
 D    D    STOP
life sucks ,
 D    D    STOP           G    (C - G)
life sucks  ,   then you die.