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Version 1
[Intro]
| D | G | C G | C D |
| D | G | C | D |
[Verse 1]
D G C G C D
Three angels settin a table for me tonight
D G C G C D
They know my face, they set a place and it's for me tonight
D G C
Well I can't disappoint em, I guess I'll join em,
G C D
They been waitin on me forever
D G
And I been down, on earth and in this town
C G C D
And I swear there's gotta be something better
[Instrumental]
| D | G | C G | C D |
| D | G | C | D |
[Pre-Chorus]
D G C G C D
New suit, and a new tie, a real nice service for me when I die.
D G C G C D
New suit, cufflinks, and a new tie, a real nice service for me when I die.
[Chorus]
D E
Well that's the thing about livin,
G C D
When ya get there, you're seldom forgiven.
D E G C D
And all your best friends are people that you just met.
D
You can take em or you leave em,
E
Well they're sittin in this barroom,
G
And I guess that beats the hell outta,
C D C D C D C D
Loneliness, sweet loneliness, sweet loneliness.
[Instrumental]
| G C | G C | D C | D C |
| G | E | G | A |
| A |
[Bridge]
E G
They say ya gave it, gave it all away,
A
Well you got nothin, nothin left to trade.
E G
I hear you sayin, I gave it all away,
A E G A A
you've got nothin, nothin left to trade.
[Verse 2]
D G C G C D
We're the type, we live and learn, scatter my ashes then you smash the urn.
D G C G C D
Into a broken room, with 25 doors that you can open.
D G C G C D
And each time you open one, the other 24, they're explodin, explodin.
[Chorus]
D E G C D
That's the thing about livin, when you get there you take what you're given
D E D
And all your best friends are people you just met.
D E
You can take em or you leave em, they're sittin in this barroom,
G
But I guess that beats the hell outta loneliness,
[Outro]
C D C D C D G C G C D C D C D G C G
Sweet loneliness, sweet loneliness, sweet
D G C G C D
New suit, new tie, a real nice service for me when I die.