Intro :  Bb- (x1333x@1)C- (x32010@1)F- (133211@1)Bb- (x1333x@1)F (133211@1)FMy (133211@1)house burned down in a flash of thunder.
    CMy (x32010@1)wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
    Bb (x1333x@1)                                    F (133211@1)   C7My (x32310@1)crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
    FMy (133211@1)dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
    CMy (x32010@1)son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
    Bb (x1333x@1)                                   F (133211@1)    C7My (x32310@1)daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.

BbPeople (x1333x@1)say that life is good,
    Fit (133211@1)don't seem good to me.            
     CI'm (x32010@1)lost without a paddle,
         F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)        Fand (133211@1)I'm headed up shit creek.

BbPeople (x1333x@1)say that life is fun,
 F (133211@1) 
but I don't know why,                
    Cas (x32010@1)far as I can tell,
      C (x32010@1)  STOP           F (133211@1)  (Bb - F)  
life sucks  ,   then you die.

F -> F#

F#The (244322@1)government dumps its toxic waste,
C#right (x43121@1)on top of my mother's grave,
   B (x2444x@1)                                   F# (244322@1)    C#7a (x4342x@1)team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
         F#But (244322@1)my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
  C#I (x43121@1)cut off my dick with a power tool,
 B (x2444x@1)                                     F# (244322@1)C#7fixin' (x4342x@1)the hole where the meteor hit the barn.

BPeople (x2444x@1)say that life is good,
    F#but (244322@1)I just piss and moan,
      C#i (x43121@1)got one foot on a banana peel,
    F# (244322@1)           C# (x43121@1)   F#the (244322@1)other in the Twilight Zone.

BPeople (x2444x@1)say that life is fun,
F#but (244322@1)I don't know why,
   C#as (x43121@1)far as I can tell,
     C# (x43121@1)  STOP           F# (244322@1)   (B - F#)
life sucks  ,   then you die.

F# -> G

GI (320003@1)went to the store to buy some shells,
    Dmy (xx0232@1)gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
         C (x32010@1)                                G (320003@1)       D7now (xx0212@1)I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
    GAnd (320003@1)one guy wants to cut me with a knife,
  Danother (xx0232@1)guy wants me to be his wife,
        C (x32010@1)                                               G (320003@1)      D7hey, (xx0212@1)I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!

CPeople (x32010@1)say that life is good,
       Ggive (320003@1)thanks for what you have,
     Dwhen (xx0232@1)all you have is nothin',
 G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)        Gnothin' (320003@1)makes you glad.

C (x32010@1)People say that life is fun,
 Gbut (320003@1)I don't know why,
    Das (xx0232@1)far as I can tell,
 D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  STOP
life sucks ,
 D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  STOP
life sucks ,
 D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  STOP           G (320003@1)  (C - G)
life sucks  ,   then you die.