Cm

[verse]

Cm                      F
  What do you want from life?
   Ab                   G
To kidnap an heiress or threaten her with a knife?
Cm                      F
  What do you want from life?
    Ab                G
 To get cable TV  and watch it every night?

[chorus]

C
There you sit, a  lump in your chair
F                      G#                           G
Where do you sleep and what do you wear when you're sleeping

[verse]

Cm                      F
  What do you want from life?
   Ab             G
An Indian guru to show you the inner light?
Cm                      F
  What do you want from life?
  Ab                             G                   Ab A Bb
A meaningless love affair with a girl that you met tonight?

[bridge]

Bb                           F
How can you tell when you're doin' alright?
          C                               G              Ab A Bb
Does your bank account swell while you're dreaming at night?
Bb                          F
How do you know when you're really in love?
   C                        G                            Ab
Do violins play when you're touching the one that you're loving?
A               Ab
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[verse]

C#m                      F#
  What do you want from life?     (What do you want from life?)
A                   G#
Someone to love and somebody you can trust?
C#m                      F#
  What do you want from life?     (What do you want from life?)
   A                         G#
To try and be happy while you do the nasty things you must?

[bridge]

C#m                     F#          A                     G#
  What do you want from life?      (What do you want from life?)
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
  What do you want from life?      (What do you want from life?)



C#m                     F#          A                     G#
  What do you want from life?      (What do you want from life?)
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
  What do you want from life?      (What do you want from life?)

[outro]

C#m                     F#          A                     G#
Well, you can't have that, but
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
If you're an American citizen you are entitled to:
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A heated kidney shaped pool
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A microwave oven--don't watch the food cook
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A Dyna-Gym--(I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home)
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A king-size Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with Polybendum
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A foolproof plan and an airtight alibiCm
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
Real simulated Indian jewelry!
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A Gucci shoetree!
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A year's supply of antibiotics
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
And Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
Rosemary's baby!
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A new Matador     A new mastadon     A Maverick     A Mustang     A Montego
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A Merc Montclair     A Mark IV     A meteor     A Mercedes     An MG     Or a Malibu?
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A Mort Moriarty     A Maserati     A Mac truck     A Mazda     A new Monza
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
Or a moped     A Winnebago - Hell, a herd of Winnebago's, we're giving 'em away
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
Or how about a McCulloch chainsaw?     A Las Vegas wedding     A Mexican divorce
C#m                     F#          A                     G#
A solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot     Or     A baby's arm holding an apple?