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