(Ray Sawyer/Shel Silverstein)
Dr. Hook: Belly Up!



Intro


B E F# B (Repeat 2x)


First Verse


B                     E           F#                B
Well here I am in the wind again, floating where it takes me
B                               E           F#                    B
Laughin' and a splashin' in the summer sun, until the alarm clock awakes me
B         E                                             F#
Then it's coffee and a wish and two cigarettes, and I'm back out in the 
F#         B
cold, cold weather
B                      E                  F#            B
Chasin' my dream but I just can't seem to rub two coins together
B
(Sing it)


Chorus


B          E          B
Life ain't easy, they never said it would be
B          E                     B
Life ain't easy, whoever said it should be
B                                  F#
Life ain't easy, and nothing comes free, free, free, free
B          E                  B
Life ain't easy, tell me all about it
B          E
Life ain't easy, no, no, no, no
B          E         F#
Life ain't easy, and nothing comes free, for you or me


Second Verse


Repeat Intro 2x


B                    E               F#                B
That woman she don't understand, the way my mind keeps driftin'
B                         E                 F#                  B
And the Lord don't always lend a hand, when my poor heart needs liftin'
B                       E                F#                 B
Is home and kids really all there is, or is there something better?
B                        E                F#              B
And how much soul must a poor man sell to rub two coins together?


Outro


B
Don't you know that
B          E
Life ain't easy, no, no, no, no
B          E        F#           B
Life ain't easy, whoever said it would be
B                                  F#          B
Life ain't easy, and nothing comes free, free, free, free
B          E
Life ain't easy, can you hear me
B          E
Life ain't easy, tell me all about it
B                                  F#                B
Life ain't easy, and nothing comes free, free, free, free
B          E
Life ain't easy, tell me all about it
B          E
Life ain't easy, no, no, no, no
B                                  F#
Life ain't easy, and nothing comes free, free, free, free, free, free, free
B          E
Life ain't easy
B          E
Life ain't easy...




Songwriters
SILVERSTEIN, SHEL/SAWYER, RAY