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Life's For The Living chords by
Passenger
Passenger

2012Folk
5.0 (6)
Intro 1
C
Dm
C

G
C
G

Am
Dm
C

G
G

Verse 1
Am

Well grey clouds wrapped round
F

the town like elastic
G

Cars stood like toys
C

made of Taiwanese plastic
Am

The boy laughed at the spastic
F
G

dancing around in the rain
Am

While laundrettes cleaned clothes,
F

high heels rub toes
G
C

Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
Am
F

Dressed in their suits and their boots
G

Well they all look the same
Pre-chorus 1
F
G

I took myself down to the cafe to find all
C
Am
G

The boys lost in books and crackling vinyl
F

And carved out a poem
G
C

above the urinal that read
Chorus 1
F

Don't you cry for the lost
G

Smile for the living
C

Get what you need
Am
G

and give what you're given
F
G

Life's for the living so live it
Interlude 1

Or you're better off dead
C
Dm
C

G
C
G

Am
Dm
C

G
G

Verse 2
Am

While the evening pulled the moon
F

out of it's packet
G

Stars shone like buttons
C

on an old man's jacket
Am
F

We needed a nail but we tacked it

'til it fell of the wall
G

Am

While pigeon's pecked trains,
F

sparks flew like planes
G

The rain showed the rainbows
C

in the oil stains
Am

And we all had new iPhone's
F

but no one had no one to call
G

Pre-chorus 2
F

And I stumbled down
G

to the stomach of the town
C

Where the widow takes memories
Am
G

to slowly drown
F

With a hand to the sky
G

and a mist in her eye, she said
C

Chorus 2
F

Don't you cry for the lost
G

Smile for the living
C

Get what you need
Am
G

and give what you're given
F
G

Life's for the living so live it
Interlude 2

Or you're better off dead
Am
Em
F
C
G

Am
Em
G

Am
Em
F
C
G

Am
Em
G

Verse 3
Am

Well I'm sick of this town,
F

this blind man's forage
G

They take your dreams down
C

and they stick them in storage
Am

You can have them back son
F

when you've paid off
G

your mortgage and loans
Am

Oh hell with this place,
F

I'll go it my own way
G

I'll stick out my thumb
C

and I trudge down the highway
Am
F

Someday someone must be going
G

my way home
Pre-chorus 3
F
G

Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car
C

With a mattress of leaves
Am
G

and a blanket of stars
F
G

And I'll stitch the words into my heart
C

with a needle and thread
Chorus 3
F

Don't you cry for the lost
G

Smile for the living
C

Get what you need
Am
G

and give what you're given
F
G

You know life's for the living so live it

Or you're better off dead
C

Outro 1
F

Don't you cry for the lost
G

Smile for the living
C

Get what you need
Am
G

and give what you're given
F
G

Life's for the living so live it
Or you're better off dead

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  • G

  • Am

  • F

  • Em

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