Key: G
Introduction: G C G D G
G C
By the looks of everyone it's been a long two weeks
G D
Coming up on the business end of a goodluck streak
G C
Gave 'em hell in New York City, headed down to New Orleans
G D
Drove across Mississippi in the rain
G C
It don't seem to freeze too much down in New Orleans
G D
But the rain can sure wash out the street
G C
We crossed the snowline, man it was just in time
G D G
They're diggin 'em out everywhere north of the Chesapeake
C G
And I'm up too damn early in the morning
C D
Watching the world around me come alive
C D G D/F# Em
And I need more fingers to count the ones I love
C D G
This life may be too good to survive
G C
They cancelled a parade or two for weather
G D
The kings and saints their robes all soaking wet
G C
We were happy just to all be there together
G D C
Stoned on the porch smoking all Niki's cigarettes
G C
We've been riding down this highway now for all these years
G D
Breathing in the dust along the way
G C
But it's the kindness of a friend is what's remembered in the end
G D G
It is a debt that is a pleasure to repay
C G
And it never feels like we're getting any older
C D
But the memories build up around the eyes
C D G D/F# Em
And I need more fingers then I got on my two hands
C D G
This life may be too good to survive
Em F#m7 G
We were dressed to celebrate your wedding day
D Em
We marched along with the St. Anne's Parade
C G
Sang out our hearts while they sent away their dead
Am D
The sun shone on the river and we begin our lives instead
C G
And I'm up too damn early in the morning
C D
But I can't remeber ever feeling so alive
C D G D/F# Em
And I need more fingers to count the ones I love
C D Em
This life may be too good to survive
C D G
This life may be too good to survive