Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean — Sturgill Simpson
Chords and lyrics for Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean by Sturgill Simpson (key of E).
Verse 1
High Top Mountain (2013)
Intro
[B7] [A7] [E]
Verse 1
Well that [E]label man said son now can you sing a little bit more clear
Your [E]voice might be too genuine and your song's a little too sincere
Can you [E]sing a little more about outlaws and the [A7]way things used to [E]be
E (once) B7 (once)
He told me you just worry about writing them songs leaving everything else
(fill 1)
to me
Verse 2
Daddy [E]was a Highwayman but he never wrote any old country songs
[E]Papaw never stayed out raising hell til the break of dawn
But he [E]raised a proud coal miners daughter and I'm [A7]proud to be her [E]son
E (once) B7 (once)
She told me boy I don't care if you hit it big, cause you’re already #1
(fill 2)
Chorus
That's the way it [A7]goes in this day & [E]age
You [E]ain't gotta read between the lines you just gotta turn the [B7]page
Well the most [A7]outlaw thing that I've ever done was [E]give a good woman a ring
But that's the way it [E]goes, life ain't [B7]fair and the world is [E]mean
Solo
|A7 |E A7 |E B7 |E |
Verse 3
Well I still [E]got the wife and the dog but I swapped the truck out for a van
Gonna [E]hit the road find the end of that long white line in the promise land
Won’t [E]hear my song on the radio cause that [A7]new sounds all the [E]rage
E B7 (once)
But you can always find me in a smokey bar with bad sound and a dim lit
(fill 2)
stage
Chorus
That's the way it [A7]goes in this day & [E]age
You [E]ain't gotta read between the lines you just gotta turn the [B7]page
Well the most [A7]outlaw thing that I've ever done was [E]give a good woman a ring
But that's the way it [E]goes, life ain't [B7]fair and the world is [E]mean
E B7 (fill 3)
But that's the way it goes, life ain't fair and the world is mean
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