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Awful Beautiful Life

Key: D

Introduction: D    G    

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D                         G                              D                                    G  
I woke up early with a pounding in my head
                        D                                      G                                              D         G  
I'd been out the night before with all my friends
D                      G                                    D                                         G  
A little worried, kinda wondering what I did
                        D                                 G                                    D  
I said, Lord please forgive me for my sins
        A                                                                              G  
My wife wanted to kill me but she tried to save me first
A                                                                    G  
You're goin' if I have to drag your butt to church
D                              G                                 D                      G  
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic
D                 G    A/E         D  
Awful, beautiful life
D                            G                                         D                         G  
I read the hymns and kinda sorta sang along
                        D                                            G                              D         G  
Made it through the Sunday sermon wide awake
D                            G                         D                                 G  
We met the family for dinner at our home
                             D                                            G                                                      D  
Drank some beer, watched the game and cooked some steak
A                                                              G  
My little brother had a big fight with his wife
          A                                                         G  
And our poor mother sat between em both all night
D                              G                                 D                      G  
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic
D                 G    A/E         D  
Awful, beautiful life
                 Bm    A    G(x2)  D    G    D    G    D    A  
Bm                                                                    F#m  
We said a prayer for cousin Michael in Iraq
Bm                                                                    F#m  
We're all aware that he may never make it back
Bm                                                                 F#m  
We talked about the way we missed his stupid jokes
G                         D/F#                         Em7                                         A  
And how he loved to be a soldier more than most
D                      G                                              D                                         G  
I lay in bed that night and thought about the day
                             D                                    G                                    D            G  
And how my life is like a roller-coaster ride
D                              G                                      D                                      G  
The ups and downs and crazy turns along the way
                  D                                      G                                            D  
It'll throw you off if you don't hold on tight
A                                                                 G  
You can't really smile until you shed some tears
A                                                            G(walkdºwn)  
I could die today or I might live on for years
D                              G                                 D                      G  
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic
D                 G    A/E         D  
Awful, beautiful life
D                              G                                 D                      G  
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic
D                 G    A/E         D  
Awful, beautiful life