Chords with lyrics
FF
My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
C majorC
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
Bb majorBb FF 
C7C7
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
FF
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
C majorC
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
Bb majorBb FF C7C7
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.
Bb majorBb
People say that life is good,
FF
it don't seem good to me.
C majorC
I'm lost without a paddle,
FF C majorC FF
and I'm headed up shit creek.
Bb majorBb
People say that life is fun,
FF
but I don't know why,
C majorC
as far as I can tell,
C majorC STOP FF (Bb majorBb - FF)
life sucks , then you die.
FF -> 
F#F#
F#F#
The government dumps its toxic waste,
C#C#
right on top of my mother's grave,
BB F#F# 
C#7C#7
a team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
F#F#
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
C#C#
I cut off my dick with a power tool,
BB F#F# C#7C#7
fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
BB
People say that life is good,
F#F#
but I just piss and moan,
C#C#
i got one foot on a banana peel,
F#F# C#C# F#F#
the other in the Twilight Zone.
BB
People say that life is fun,
F#F#
but I don't know why,
C#C#
as far as I can tell,
C#C# STOP F#F# (BB - F#F#)
life sucks , then you die.
F#F# -> 
G+G
G+G
I went to the store to buy some shells,
D MajorD
my gun went off and blew the owner to hell,
C majorC G+G 
D7D7
now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
G+G
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife,
D MajorD
another guy wants me to be his wife,
C majorC G+G D7D7
hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!
C majorC
People say that life is good,
G+G
give thanks for what you have,
D MajorD
when all you have is nothin',
G+G D MajorD G+G
nothin' makes you glad.
C majorC
People say that life is fun,
G+G
but I don't know why,
D MajorD
as far as I can tell,
D MajorD D MajorD STOP
life sucks ,
D MajorD D MajorD STOP
life sucks ,
D MajorD D MajorD STOP G+G (C majorC - G+G)
life sucks , then you die.
