The Good Life chords by Paul Smith
Verse 1
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Well,
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there's a storm brewin' o 'er this valley
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And the clouds,
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they've been rollin' in
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The river's full of spring rain,
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and my, my nerves are growing thin
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But there's a story I want to tell you,
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it's a sad one but it's true
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I know that once that
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you've heard it,
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And you'll agree it's a sad one, too.
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Cause everybody wants the good life,
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They want the cake you need it to,
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They want the things that
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the good life brings,
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And don't care about me or you.
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Well, I was born here, in this valley,
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Back in nineteen and fifty -two.
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The grass was green, the air was clean,
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And everyone you saw you knew.
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Well, Mom and Pa, they were farmers,
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And so were our neighbors too.
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Yes, our way of life was free of strife,
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And that's the only way that we knew.
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But everybody wants the good life,
They want the cake you need it to,
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They want the things that
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the good life brings,
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And don't care about me or you.
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Well, growin' up in this valley,
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there were no problems that we knew.
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We used to play and fish on the river,
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once I even drank the water, too.
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But it was clean and clear and beautiful,
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full of life and memories, too.
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We used to love the sound
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as it would weave around in
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the valley that we knew.
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But everybody wants the good life.
They want the cake you need it to.
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They want the things that
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the good life brings
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and don't care about me or you.
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Well, that was years ago in the valley
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It's much, much different now
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No peace, no calm, no tranquility
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But lots of cars and homes and a factory
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But the river tells the whole story
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It's a sad one, but it's true
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Now she's void of life
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And though that just ain't right
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They say there's nothing
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that we can do
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Cause everybody wants the good life
They want their cake and eat it too
They want the things that
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the good life brings
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And don't care about me or you
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But that's not the end of the story
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There's more to it than meets the eye
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It may be hard to understand it,
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but you can do it if you try.
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You see, I drive around in my big truck.
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I have a fancy home and I'm no fool.
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But when it looks like that,
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you have to face the fact
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you're no exception to the rule.
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Cause everybody wants the good life,
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they want the cake you need it to.
They want the things
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that the good life brings,
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an d they go and do it too.
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The Good Life
Paul Smith
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