the song is recorded one half-step lower (F#)
[Intro]
G Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus4 D
[Verse 1]
G Cmaj7 G
Some folks don’t like working hard, some folks don’t like rain
G Dsus4 D
Some folks love to tell you all about their aches and pains
G G/B C
Me, I take the hand I’m dealt, and I play it as it lays
G D G Cmaj7 D
It’s the cost of living, and everyone pays
[Verse 2]
G Cmaj7 G
You can live in memories of all your golden yesterdays
G G/B Dsus4 D
Or spend your whole life grieving for the one that got away
G G/B C
Common sense says let her go, but your heart disobeys
G D G G/A - G/B
It’s the cost of living, and everyone pays
[Bridge]
C G G/F# Em A D
Blue shadows falling all around me, still I don’t regret a single day
[Instrumental]
G G7 G7/B C G D G
[Verse 3]
G Cmaj7 G
I look in the mirror now, I see the time can be unkind
G Dsus4 D
But I know every wrinkle, and I earned every line
G G/B C
So wear it like a royal crown, when you get old and grey
G D G G/A - G/B
It’s the cost of living, and everyone pays
C G D Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 D G
It’s the cost of living, and everyone pays
