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(I'm Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me chords by Dave Edmunds, Stray Cats

  • A

  • D

  • C

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • F#

    2
  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

Verse 1
A
D
It's time I got up and out
C
of this fifth floor prison
D
G
And went and did something else
D
I've been sick of everything
Bm
for so long
C
A
That now I'm even sick of myself
D
I'm gonna call up some old
C
friends I used to know
D
Although they never come around much now
G
D
But I can't blame them
F#
Bm
G
who wants to listen to me
Gm
D
A
talk about you for hours
D
G
A
D
I'm gonna start living again if it kills me
G
A
If it's the very last thing I do
D
G
A
I'm gonna make a splash
F#
Bm
in that social world
D
A
D
C
D
G
And purge myself of you
A
D
I blew the dust off my little
C
black broken car song
D
Cause she was always good for a smile
G
D
But when I whispered sweet
Bm
nothings into her phone
C
A
They meant sweet nothing to her
D
Then I tried Sally and Sue
C
with nothing better to do
D
But they were turning trick
G
s out at Disney World
D
F#
Bm
In desperation I called Mona
G
D
A
But her mom said she was out with the girls
D
C
G
A
D
I'm gonna start living again if it kills me
G
A
If it's the very last thing I do
D
G
A
I'm gonna make a splash
F#
Bm
in that social world
D
A
D
And purge myself of you
G
A
D
Sunday or Monday, I can't remember
G
A
D
I never know what day it is
C
Bm
Tuesday, Wednesday, or whatever
Bb
A
Blue days run into each other
D
F#
Bm
Gm
D
A
D
G
A
D
I'm gonna start living again if it kills me
G
A
If it's the very last thing I do
D
G
A
I'm gonna make a spot
F#
in that social world
Bm
D
A
D
and purge myself of you.
G
A
D
I'm gonna start livin' again if it kills me,
G
A
D
if it's the very last thing I do.
G
A
I'm gonna make a splash in
F#
Bm
that social water
D
A
D
and purge myself of you.
G
A
D
I'm gonna start livin' again if it kills me,
G
If it's the very last thing I do...
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