(These are the guitar chords, capo'd at the 4th fret)
the intro and first 2 verses are Dm A Dm C Bb
Dm
She smiled and she said
A
on days like this
Dm
it seems like it never rains
C Bb
But without the rain we’d starve
Dm
I can’t escape the fly and the skull
A
So I’m beginning to lull myself
Dm
Into a false security
C
Cause it’s easier to lie to yourself
Bb
Than face reality
Dm A Dm C Bb
So bittersweet
Dm
So let’s pretend
A
all of the ones we love won’t die
Dm C
Sweep their skeletons off to the side
Bb
I’m oh so sorry swear I tried to
Dm
See over the wall I’ve build up
A
in my head of guilt and fuckups
Dm C Bb
Maybe I’m just thinkin’ much to hard
The pattern changes to F A Dm C Bb and stays that way for the rest of the song
CHORUS
F
Life’s a game life’s a joke
fuck it
A
Why not go for broke
Dm
Trade in all your chips
C Bb
and learn how to be free
F
Why abstain why jump in line
A
We’re all living on borrowed time
Dm
So do what you like
C
and we’ll like what you do when you do it
Bb
And if they don’t that’s fine
(no strumming for this line)
fuck ‘em
F
They say don’t take the risk
You’re sure to fail
A Dm
Cause there’s no get out of jail free card in life
But what’s the worst that could happen
C
end up in coffin
Bb
Isn’t that where we’re all headed anyway
F
Can’t escape the madness
A
So you might as well embrace it
Dm
Can’t be worse
C
than a nine to five cubicle jail cell
Bb
Buried under mundane bullshit
CHORUS