Easy Life (Ballade)
Easy Life (Ballade)

Easy Life (Ballade) easy guitar chords by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

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Capo

  • G

  • Am

  • Fm

  • C

  • D

  • Em

  • Ab

    4

  • Abaug

    4

  • F

  • G

  • Am

  • Fm

  • C

  • D

  • Em

  • Ab

    4

  • Abaug

    4

  • F

    • Verse 1
    A question, 
    please. 

    Is this 
    what you call living? 

    Then 
    take a little 
    tip from Mack 

    the Knife. 

    While 
    still 
    a child, 

    I heard 
    it with misgiving, 

    the bulging 
    pocket 
    makes 

    the easy 
    life. 

    They 
    tell 
    you 
    that the 
    best 
    in life is 
    mental, 

    just 
    to starve 
    yourself and 

    do a 
    lot 
    of 
    reading. 

    Up 
    in some 
    garret 
    where the 

    rats 
    are breeding, 

    should 
    you survive, 
    it's 
    purely 
    accident
    al. 

    If 
    that's 
    your 
    pleas
    ure, 

    go 
    on, 
    live 
    that way. 

    But 
    since I've 
    had 
    it up to 
    here, 

    I'm 
    through. 

    There's 
    not a 
    dog 
    from here 

    to Timbuktu 

    Would 
    care 
    to 

    live that 
    life 
    a 
    single 
    day 

    So 
    listen 
    closely 
    to 
    a 
    Mack 
    the 
    Knife 

    The 
    bulging 
    pock
    et 
    makes 

    the 
    easy 
    life 

    Now once 
    I 
    used to think 

    it might be 
    worthy 

    To 
    be a brave 
    and 
    sacrificing 
    per
    son 

    I 
    soon 
    found 
    out 
    it wasn't 
    reimbursin' 

    De
    cided 
    to contin

    ue 
    be
    ing 
    earthy 

    The 
    noble 
    poor 
    are 
    nobly 
    un
    derfed 

    An
    d being 
    brave 
    will bring 
    an 
    empty 
    fame 

    You're 
    all 
    alone 

    with no 
    one else 
    to 
    blame 

    You're 
    mingling 
    with 
    the great, 

    but you 
    are dead 

    Where's 
    the percentage? 

    Ask 
    Mac 
    the Knife. 

    The 
    bulging 
    pocket 
    makes 
    the 
    easy 
    life. 

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