Life Is Sweet
Natalie Merchant

Song is actually recorded in G#m on the album ?Ophelia?.
It appears here in Am, feel free to capo any fret you wish.

Am                 Em
It's a pity it's a crying shame
Am             Em
Who pulled you down again
Am          Em
How painful it must be
Am           Em     D
To bruise so easily inside

Am                 Em
It?s a pity it?s a downright crime
Am         Em
It happens all the time
Am                      Em
You want to stay little daddy?s girl
Am                        Em            D       G7
You want to hide from the vicious world outside

C         G
Don?t cry
             Am               Em
You know the tears will do no good
            F    G
So dry your eyes

         Am             Em
Oh, your daddy he?s the iron man
Am                   Em
A battleship wrecked on dry land
Am                 Em
Your mamma she?s a bitter bride
Am              Em            D
She?ll never be satisfied you know
           G        G7
And that?s not right

    C         G
But don?t cry
             Am               Em
You know the tears will do no good
            F    G
So dry your eyes

    C             G
Oh, they told you life is hard
Am     Em
Misery from the start
     F         C         D      G7
It?s dull it?s slow it?s painful
     C          G
But, I tell you life is sweet
Am              Em
In spite of the misery
        F       C       D
There?s so much more be grateful
      F   C        D
Well, who do you believe?
F                   C              D
Who will you listen to who will it be?
             F    C               D
Because it's high time that you decide
        G
In your own mind

Am            Em
I've tried to comfort you
Am            Em             D
I've tried to tell you to be patient
     D7
That they are blind and they can?t see

Am            Em
Fortune gonna come one day
Am                Em
They're all gonna fade away
Am             Em
Your daddy the war machine
Am                 Em       D
And your momma the long and suffering
G                            C
Prisoner of what she can not see

SOLO:
C    G    Am    Em

F    C    D     G7

    C                G
For they've told you life is hard
Am     Em
Misery from the start
     F         C         D      G7
It?s dull it?s slow it?s painful
     C          G
But, I tell you life is sweet
Am              Em
In spite of the misery
        F       C       D
There?s so much more be grateful

    F   C          D
So, who will you believe?
F                   C              D
Who will you listen to who will it be?
             F    C               D
Because it's high time that you decide
             G                                      C
It?s time to make up your own your own sweet little mind

SOLO:
C    G    Am    Em

F    C    D     G7

   C                 G
Oh, they've told you life is long
Am          Em
Be thankful when it?s done
      F       C       D       G7
Don?t ask for more be grateful

     C          G
But, I tell you life is short
Am          Em
Be thankful because
F          C               D   G7
Before you know it will be over
            C       G   Am   Em
'Cause life is sweet
     F     C       D    G7
Life is oh so very short
     C       G    Am    Em
Life is sweet
         F     C       D    G7
And life is oh so very short
     C       G    Am    Em
Life is sweet

Repeat and fade