Life chords by Jeffrey Lewis

Chorus:
 C
Life is a story don't you doubt

Bad times give you something to talk about

The next time you feel you're all worn out
          F
Remember life is a story
            C
Don't you doubt
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It only takes a day for everything to turn around

Verse 1:
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Love is a story they tell to you

But the way they tell it ain't quite true

You'll wake up one day and you're twenty-two
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You know love is just a story that they tell to you
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Love takes a lot of work like everything else you're gonna do

Verse 2:
  C
Friends are just the people that you can talk with

Somebody to talk about that somebody to talk About this

But everyone changes and forever is a myth
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Friends are just the people that you can talk with
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A lot of them'll leave but only a few you're gonna miss

Verse 3:
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School is the place where I did my growing

They fill your brain 'til it's overflowing

They tell you this is all stuff you need to be knowing
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School is the place where I did my growing
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Just when I got to like it it was time to be going

Verse 4:
      C
The world is the place where it all happens

They draw lines on it and call it a map

In between every line's a different flag flapping
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The world is the place where it all happens
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Six billion people all taking turns eating in a napkin

Verse 5:
  C
Animals are critters just like you and me

The only difference is that they don't worry

About things that they can't smell or see
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Animals are critters just like you and me
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So we buy pants and deodorants and claim not to be

Verse 6:
  C
Songs are just something to waste your time

I listen to yours and you listen to mine

Before we know it the day's gone by
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Songs are just something to waste your time
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So is everything else so do whatever makes you feel fine

Verse 7:
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God's just a story someone made up long ago

Before they had books and tv shows

I don't believe in him and I ain't afraid to say so
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You know God's just a story someone made up long ago
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But it's hard not to be superstitious despite all you know

Verse 8:
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Everyone's born and everyone dies

Everyone has a time and wonders why

The ocean's blue so is the sky
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Everyone's born and everyone dies
     G                   F                     C
The old lady cries, the new baby cries...and sighs

Verse 9:
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Kisses are weird but they can be fun

Instead of shaking hands it's like shaking tongues

I wish I got to do it more when I was young
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Kisses are weird but they can be fun
        G                F                   C
I hate going once a month without kissing anyone

Verse 10:
C (for whole verse)
(Spoken): "At this point it's been since uh...how many months

1 2 3 4 5 6...7

I think if kissing someone could make them Pregnant

The last person I kissed would have had their kid by Now"

Verse 11:
  C
Dreams are weird but they can be fun too

They happen more often than kisses it's true

In some I was naked and in some I flew
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Dreams are weird but they can be fun too
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I wonder if you're dreaming about me when I'm dreaming about you

Verse 12:
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Now that you heard everything I said

There ain't nothing new inside your head

If you want, disregard it all go ahead
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Now that you've heard everything I said
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There are probably one or two things you coulda been doing instead

Chorus:
 C
Life is a story don't you doubt

Bad times give you something to talk about

The next time you feel you're all worn out
          F
Remember life is a story
            C
Don't you doubt
    G                    F                     C