Life Is Sweet
Natalie Merchant
Song is actually recorded in G#m on the album "Ophelia".
It appears here in Am, feel free to capo any fret you wish.
Am Em
It's a pity it's a crying shame
Am Em
Who pulled you down again
Am Em
How painful it must be
Am Em D
To bruise so easily inside
Am Em
It's a pity it's a downright crime
Am Em
It happens all the time
Am Em
You want to stay little daddy's girl
Am Em D G7
You want to hide from the vicious world outside
C G
Don't cry
Am Em
You know the tears will do no good
F G
So dry your eyes
Am Em
Oh, your daddy he's the iron man
Am Em
A battleship wrecked on dry land
Am Em
Your mamma she's a bitter bride
Am Em D
She'll never be satisfied you know
G G7
And that's not right
C G
But don't cry
Am Em
You know the tears will do no good
F G
So dry your eyes
C G
Oh, they told you life is hard
Am Em
Misery from the start
F C D G7
It's dull it's slow it's painful
C G
But, I tell you life is sweet
Am Em
In spite of the misery
F C D
There's so much more be grateful
F C D
Well, who do you believe?
F C D
Who will you listen to who will it be?
F C D
Because it's high time that you decide
G
In your own mind
Am Em
I've tried to comfort you
Am Em D
I've tried to tell you to be patient
D7
That they are blind and they can't see
Am Em
Fortune gonna come one day
Am Em
They're all gonna fade away
Am Em
Your daddy the war machine
Am Em D
And your momma the long and suffering
G C
Prisoner of what she can not see
SOLO:
C G Am Em
F C D G7
C G
For they've told you life is hard
Am Em
Misery from the start
F C D G7
It's dull it's slow it's painful
C G
But, I tell you life is sweet
Am Em
In spite of the misery
F C D
There's so much more be grateful
F C D
So, who will you believe?
F C D
Who will you listen to who will it be?
F C D
Because it's high time that you decide
G C
It's time to make up your own your own sweet little mind
SOLO:
C G Am Em
F C D G7
C G
Oh, they've told you life is long
Am Em
Be thankful when it's done
F C D G7
Don't ask for more be grateful
C G
But, I tell you life is short
Am Em
Be thankful because
F C D G7
Before you know it will be over
C G Am Em
'Cause life is sweet
F C D G7
Life is oh so very short
C G Am Em
Life is sweet
F C D G7
And life is oh so very short
C G Am Em
Life is sweet
Repeat and fade
