Key: Eb major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
E
Daddy didn't have no money
F#m
Sister didn't have no shoe
B
Momma was taking an earning
A
E
Me, I had the blues
Grandma saw me crying,
F#m
called me to her bed
B
Took me by my little hands,
C#m
B
this is what she said
E
You gotta make the be
Verse 2
B
st,
E
of each and every day
B
Be kind to your neighbors,
E
take your time to pray
Don't forget to smell
A
B
flowers along your way
Verse 3
E
A
F#m
Cus life is hard and then, you die
B
E
Ain't no use, to sit and worry and whine
Just pray to the Lord,
A
you got a home in the sky
F#m
B
Cus life is hard and then, you die
E
Verse 4
Well, me I've done some living
F#m
Seen the be st times and the worst
B
I had my share of losing
A
E
Sometimes can in as first
And world got tiresome
F#m
Filled my base with drifts
B
I simply prayed me a little and re
C#m
B
membered what grandma said
E
You gotta make the be
Verse 5
B
st,
E
of each and every day
B
Be kind to your neighbors,
E
take your time to pray
Don't forget to smell
A
B
flowers along your way
Verse 6
E
A
F#m
Cus life is hard and then, you die
B
E
Ain't no use, to sit and worry and whine
Just pray to the Lord,
A
you got a home in the sky
F#m
B
Cus life is hard and then,
Interlude 1
you die
E
F#m
B
A
B
E
C#
Verse 7
F#
I guess I'm getting older
G#m
I can feel in my bones
C#
Soon I'd be advising grand
B
F#
children of my own
And when they come for counsel
G#m
Try ing to find their way
C#
I'll take them by their little
B
C#
hands and this is what I'll say
F#
You gotta make the be
Verse 8
C#
st,
F#
of each and every day
C#
Be kind to your neighbors,
F#
take your time to pray
Don't forget to smell
B
C#
flowers along your way
Verse 9
F#
B
G#m
Cus life is hard and then, you die
C#
F#
Ain't no use, to sit and worry and whine
Just pray to the Lord,
B
you got a home in the sky
G#m
C#
F#
Cus life is hard and then, you die
C#
F#
Life is hard and then, you die
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