Life’s For The Living Lyrics and Chords
Written by Mike Rosenberg
Capo on 6th fret
Verse 1
……..Am7
Well grey clouds wrapped round
…….F
The town like elastic
G
Cars stood like toys
…………..C G/B
Made of Taiwanese plastic
……..Am7
The boy laughed
……..F G
And danced around in the rain
………..Am7
While launderettes cleaned clothes
………F
High heels rubbed toes
G
Puddles splashed huddles
…..C G/B
Of bus stop crows
Am7 F
Dressed in their suits & their boots
……………………………….G
Well they all look the same
…F
I took myself down
………..G
To the cafe to find all
…….C G/B
The boys lost in books and
Am G
Crackling vinyl
……..F
And carved out a poem
…G C C7
Above the urinal that read
……………..F
Don’t you cry for the lost
G
Smile for the living
C G/B
Get what you need
…….Am G
And give what you’re given
F
Life’s for the living
…..G
So live it
……………………………C
Or you’re better off dead
Music:
Verse 2
…………….Am7
While the evening pulled
………………F
The moon out of it’s packet
G
Stars shone like buttons
………..C G/B
On an old man’s jacket
……Am7
We needed a nail
…………F
But we tacked it ’til it fell
…………G
Of the wall
……………….Am7
Yeah while pigeon’s pecked drains,
F
Sparks flew like planes
…….G
The rain showed the rainbows
……….C G/B
In the oil stains
………….Am7
And we all had new iPhones
……F G
But no one had no one to call
F
I stumbled down
………..G
To the stomach of the town
………………C G/B
Where the widow takes memories
…..Am G
To slowly drown
………..F
With a hand to the sky
……….G C C7
And a mist in her eye she said
……………..F
Don’t you cry for the lost
G
Smile for the living
C G/B
Get what you need
…….Am G
And give what you’re given
……….F
Yeah life’s for the living
…..G
So live it
…………………………..Am
Or you’re better off dead
Music:
………….Am7
Well I’m sick of this town,
………F
This blind man’s forage
…….G
They take your dreams down
……………C G/B
And they stick them in storage
…………..Am7
You can have them back son
………………….F
When you’ve paid off your
…………………..G
Mortgage and loans
…….Am7
Oh hell with this place,
…..F
I’ll go it my own way
…..G
I’ll stick out my thumb
……….C G/B
And I trudge down the highway
Am7
Someday someone must be
F G
Going my way home
……………F
‘Till then I’ll make my bed
………….G
From a disused car
………..C G/B
With a mattress of leaves
………..Am G
And a blanket of stars
………….F
And I’ll stitch the words
………….G
Into my heart
…………………………C C7
With a needle and thread
……………..F
Don’t you cry for the lost
G
Smile for the living
C G/B
Get what you need
…….Am G
And give what you’re given
……….F
Yeah life’s for the living
…..G
So live it
…………………………..Am
Or you’re better off dead
So don’t cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need
And give what you’re given
Life’s for the living
So live it
Or you’re better off dead
Don’t you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need
And give what you’re given
Yeah life’s for the living
So live it
Or you’re better off dead
