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Life In Vain Chords

Music by: Daniel Johnston · 1994
Genre Rock Tone G major BPM 78 Views 174
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[D][D]
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Don't wanna be [C]free of hop[D]e
[G]And I'm at the end[C] of my rop[D]e
[G]It's so tou[C]gh just to be aliv[D]e
[G]When I feel lik[C]e the living dea[D]d

[Chorus 1]
[C]I'm givin' it up so pla[G]in
I'm living my life in [D]vain
And where am I [C]going to?
I gotta really [G]try
Try so hard to get [D]by
And where am I [C]going to?

[Solo 1]
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]I don't know whe[C]re is up or dow[D]n
[G]And there ain't any l[C]ove left aroun[D]d
[G]Everybody w[C]earin' a frow[D]n
[G]Waiting for san[C]ta to come to tow[D]n

[Chorus 2]
[C]You're giving it up so pla[G]in
You're living your lives in [D]vain
And where are you [C]going to?
You gotta really [G]try
Try so hard to get [D]by
And where are you [C]going to?

[Solo 2]
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]Flip on [C]your TV[D]
[G]And try to mak[C]e sense out of tha[D]t
[G]If we were all[C] in the mov[D]ies
[G]Maybe we wou[C]ldn't be so bor[D]ed

[Chorus 3]
[C]We're giving it up so pla[G]in
We're living our lives in [D]vain
And where are we [C]going to?
We gotta really [G]try
Try so hard to get [D]by
And where are we [C]going to?

[Outro 1]
[G][C][D]
[G]Goodbye[C][D]
[G]Goo[C]dbye[D]
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