Life Is Sweet — Natalie Merchant
Chords and lyrics for Life Is Sweet by Natalie Merchant (key of G#m).
Verse 1
[Am]It's a pity it's a crying [Em]shame
[Am]Who pulled you down [Em]again
[Am]How painful it must [Em]be
[Am]To bruise so easily [Em]inside [D]
Verse 2
[Am]It's a pity it's a downright [Em]crime
[Am]It happens all the [Em]time
[Am]You want to stay little daddy's [Em]girl
[Am]You want to hide from the vicious world [Em]outside [D] [G7]
Chorus
[C]Don't [G]cry
You know the tears will do no [Am]good [Em]
So dry your [F]eyes [G]
Verse 3
[Am]Oh, your daddy he's the iron [Em]man
[Am]A battleship wrecked on dry [Em]land
[Am]Your mamma she's a bitter [Em]bride
[Am]She'll never be satisfied you [Em]know [D]
And that's not [G]right [G7]
Chorus
[C]But don't [G]cry
You know the tears will do no [Am]good [Em]
So dry your [F]eyes [G]
Verse 4
[C]Oh, they told you life is [G]hard
[Am]Misery from the [Em]start
[F]It's dull it's slow it's [C]painful [D] [G7]
[C]But, I tell you life is [G]sweet
[Am]In spite of the [Em]misery
[F]There's so much more be [C]grateful [D]
[F]Well, who do you [C]believe? [D]
[F]Who will you listen to who will it [C]be? [D]
Because it's [F]high time that you [C]decide [D]
In your own [G]mind
Verse 5
[Am]I've tried to comfort [Em]you
[Am]I've tried to tell you to be [Em]patient [D]
That they are blind and they can't [D7]see
Verse 6
[Am]Fortune gonna come one [Em]day
[Am]They're all gonna fade [Em]away
[Am]Your daddy the war [Em]machine
[Am]And your momma the long and [Em]suffering [D]
Prisoner of what she can not [G]see [C]
Solo
[C] [G] [Am] [Em]
[F] [C] [D] [G7]
Verse 7
[C]For they've told you life is [G]hard
[Am]Misery from the [Em]start
[F]It's dull it's slow it's [C]painful [D] [G7]
[C]But, I tell you life is [G]sweet
[Am]In spite of the [Em]misery
[F]There's so much more be [C]grateful [D]
Verse 8
[F]So, who will you [C]believe? [D]
[F]Who will you listen to who will it [C]be? [D]
Because it's [F]high time that you [C]decide [D]
It's time to make up your own your own sweet little [G]mind [C]
Solo
[C] [G] [Am] [Em]
[F] [C] [D] [G7]
Verse 9
[C]Oh, they've told you life is [G]long
[Am]Be thankful when it's [Em]done
[F]Don't ask for more be [C]grateful [D] [G7]
[C]But, I tell you life is [G]short
[Am]Be thankful [Em]because
[F]Before you know it will be [C]over [D] [G7]
Outro
'Cause [C]life is [G]sweet [Am] [Em]
Life is oh so very [F]short [C] [D] [G7]
Life is [C]sweet [G] [Am] [Em]
And life is oh so very [F]short [C] [D] [G7]
Life is [C]sweet [G] [Am] [Em]