Somebody Elses Troubles

Steve Goodman

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C F C Am
C F C G C [Verse 1]
C F Yesterday I went downtown and saw an old-time picture show
C Am And the hero got a pie in the face
C F He didn't like that and he stormed around the screen
C C7 But everybody else was laughin' in that place [Chorus]
F C That's cause it ain't hard to get along with somebody else's troubles
F C And they don't make you lose any sleep at night
Am C Just as long as fate is out there bustin' somebody else's bubbles
F C Everything's gonna be alright
F C And everything's gonna be alright [Verse 2]
C F Tell me, did you ever have to pay for something that you didn't do?
C Am And did you ever figure out the reason why?
C F And when the doctor says this is gonna hurt me a lot more than this hurts you
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C C7 Did you ever figure out that that's a lie? [Chorus]
F C He knows it ain't too hard to get along with somebody else's troubles
F C And they don't make you lose any sleep at night
Am C Just as long as fate is out there bustin' somebody else's bubbles
F C Everything is gonna be alright
F C And everything will be alright [Instrumental]
F C F C Am
C F C F C [Verse 3]
C F And I saw the boss come a-walkin' down along that factory line
C Am He said, "We all have to tighten up our belts."
C F But he didn't look any thinner than he did a year ago
C C7 And I wonder just how hungry that man felt [Chorus]
F C But he knows it ain't too hard to get along with somebody else's troubles
F C And they don't make you lose any sleep at night
Am C Just as long as fate is out there bustin' somebody' else's bubbles
F C Everything is gonna be alright
F C And everything is gonna be alright [Verse 4]
C F And I asked that undertaker what it took to make him laugh
C Am When all he ever saw is people cryin'
C F First he hands me a bunch of flowers that he'd received on my behalf
C C7 Said, "Steve, business just gets better all the time." [Other]
F C And it ain't too hard to get along with somebody else's troubles
F C And they don't make you lose any sleep at night
Am C Just as long as fate is out there bustin' somebody else's bubbles
F C Everything is gonna be alright
F C And everything is gonna be alright
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