Life Is Sweet chords by Natalie Merchant

Life Is Sweet
Natalie Merchant

Song is actually recorded in G#m on the album "Ophelia".
It appears here in Am, feel free to capo any fret you wish.

Am                 Em
It's a pity it's a crying shame
Am             Em
Who pulled you down again
Am          Em
How painful it must be
Am           Em     D
To bruise so easily inside

Am                 Em
Itâ^À^Ùs a pity itâ^À^Ùs a downright crime

Am         Em
It happens all the time
Am                      Em
You want to stay little daddyâ^À^Ùs girl

Am                        Em            D       G7
You want to hide from the vicious world outside

C         G
Donâ^À^Ùt cry

            Am               Em
You know the tears will do no good
           F    G
So dry your eyes

Am             Em
Oh, your daddy heâ^À^Ùs the iron man

Am                   Em
A battleship wrecked on dry land
Am                 Em
Your mamma sheâ^À^Ùs a bitter bride

Am              Em            D
Sheâ^À^Ùll never be satisfied you know

          G        G7
And thatâ^À^Ùs not right


   C         G

But donâ^À^Ùt cry

Am               Em
You know the tears will do no good
           F    G
So dry your eyes

   C             G
Oh, they told you life is hard
Am     Em
Misery from the start
    F         C         D      G7
Itâ^À^Ùs dull itâ^À^Ùs slow itâ^À^Ùs painful

    C          G
But, I tell you life is sweet
Am              Em
In spite of the misery
       F       C       D
Thereâ^À^Ùs so much more be grateful

     F   C        D
Well, who do you believe?
F                   C              D
Who will you listen to who will it be?
            F    C               D
Because it's high time that you decide
       G
In your own mind

Am            Em
I've tried to comfort you
Am            Em             D
I've tried to tell you to be patient
    D7
That they are blind and they canâ^À^Ùt see



Am            Em
Fortune gonna come one day
Am                Em
They're all gonna fade away
Am             Em
Your daddy the war machine
Am                 Em       D
And your momma the long and suffering
G                            C
Prisoner of what she can not see

SOLO:
C    G    Am    Em

F    C    D     G7

   C                G
For they've told you life is hard
Am     Em
Misery from the start
F         C              D      G7
Itâ^À^Ùs dull itâ^À^Ùs slow itâ^À^Ùs painful

    C          G
But, I tell you life is sweet
Am              Em
In spite of the misery
       F       C       D
Thereâ^À^Ùs so much more be grateful



   F   C          D
So, who will you believe?
F                   C              D
Who will you listen to who will it be?
            F    C               D
Because it's high time that you decide
            G                                      C
Itâ^À^Ùs time to make up your own your own sweet little mind

SOLO:
C    G    Am    Em

F    C    D     G7

  C                 G
Oh, they've told you life is long
Am          Em
Be thankful when itâ^À^Ùs done

     F       C       D       G7
Donâ^À^Ùt ask for more be grateful



    C          G
But, I tell you life is short
Am          Em
Be thankful because
F          C               D   G7
Before you know it will be over
           C       G   Am   Em
'Cause life is sweet
    F     C       D    G7
Life is oh so very short
    C       G    Am    Em
Life is sweet
        F     C       D    G7
And life is oh so very short
    C       G    Am    Em
Life is sweet

Repeat and fade