Key: A
Introduction:
A D9 Cº A7M F#m
Life is just a bowl of cherries
A Eº Bm7 E7(9)
Don't make it serious, life's too mysterious
D Cº A C#m7(b5)
You work, you save, you worry so
D9 E7(9) Bm7(b5) F#m Cº E7
But ya can't take your dough when you go, go, go
A D9 Cº A7M F#m
Keep repeating "It's the berries
D F#7 Bm Bm7/E
The strongest oak must fall"
D9 Cº A7M F#7
The sweet things in life to you were just loaned
D9 Cº E7 C#m7(b5) B7 E7
So how can you lose what you've never owned
A D9 Cº F#7
Life is just a bowl of cherries
B7 Cº E7(9) Bm5-/7A Eº E7
So live and laugh at it all
A D9 Cº A7M F#m
Life is just a bowl of cherries, that's right
A Eº Bm7 E7(9)
Just don't make it serious, life is too mysterious
D Cº B7 A F#7
You work and you save, and, baby, you worry so
C#m7(b5) D9 Bm7(b5) Cº E7 F#m Cº E7
But you can't take nothin' with you when you go, go, go
FºA D9 Cº A7M F#m
So keep repeating "It's the berries
Gº F#7 Bm Bm7/E
The strongest oak must fall"
Bm7(b5) D9 Bm7(b5) Cº A7M F#7
Now, the sweet things in life to you were just loaned
D9 Cº E7 C#m7(b5) B7 E7
So how can you lose what you've never owned
Cº A D9 Cº F#7
Oh, life is just a bowl of cherries
Fº B7 Cº B7
So live while you're livin'
D Cº E7(9) E7 CºA D9 Dm6 Fº A6
And laugh, baby, laugh at it ll
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