Life In Vain chords by
Daniel Johnston

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Don't wanna be free of hope

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And I'm at the end of my rope

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It's so tough just to be alive

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When I feel like the living dead

Chorus 1
C C 
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G G 
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I'm givin' it up so plain
D D 
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I'm living my life in vain
C C 
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And where am I going to?
G G 
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I gotta really try
D D 
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Try so hard to get by
C C 
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And where am I going to?

Solo 1

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Verse 2

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I don't know where is up or down

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And there ain't any love left around

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Everybody wearin' a frown

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Waiting for santa to come to town

Chorus 2
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G G 
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You're giving it up so plain
D D 
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You're living your lives in vain
C C 
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And where are you going to?
G G 
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You gotta really try
D D 
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Try so hard to get by
C C 
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And where are you going to?

Solo 2

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Verse 3

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Flip on your TV

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And try to make sense out of that

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If we were all in the movies

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Maybe we wouldn't be so bored

Chorus 3
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G G 
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We're giving it up so plain
D D 
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We're living our lives in vain
C C 
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And where are we going to?
G G 
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We gotta really try
D D 
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Try so hard to get by
C C 
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And where are we going to?