This Thing Called Life

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From the mountain, to the valley
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This whole place just, one 
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beautiful country
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Times a killer, and the cure
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And everybody's, got their own 
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stories

[Chorus]

C                   Dm C    Bb 
There's a million ways, to know
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 yourself
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And everybody's got to find the 
Bb  F
key
    C                    Dm    
And God don't mind, she take her 
   C       Bb       F
time to crucify us
        C     Dm     Bb
In this thing called life

[Verse 2]
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Let me tell you bout Audrey, she 
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loved a sailor
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He loved her for her, midnight feast
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So she had his baby, then he 
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joined the navy
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He said he'd come back, but he 
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never did that

[Chorus]
C                   Dm C    Bb 
There's a million ways, to 
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break her heart
        C          Dm    C        
There's only one way to be the 
 Bb  F
thief
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And God don't mind, she take her 
    C       Bb       F
time and crucify us
        C     Dm     Bb
In this thing called life

[Verse 3]
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Now how bout Mary, She hides a 
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secret
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The congressional money, through a 
C      Bb
slot machine
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And good time Billy, the life of 
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the party
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In love with his best friend, his
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 wife's brother

[Chorus]
C                   Dm C  Bb   
There's a million ways  to lose
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 yourself
        C          Dm  C    Bb  F
Guess everybody's lost anyway
     C                  Dm      C
And God don't mind, she got the 
       Bb        F
time to crucify us
        C     Dm     Bb
In this thing called life

[Solo]
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Little boy Henry, he buys a gun 
walks
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In the schoolyard and shoots 
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them all down
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And little girl Jenny, Sold to 
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slavey
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She crossed the border and 
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thought she was free

[Chorus]
C                   Dm C  Bb   
There's a million ways  to fall
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 apart
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And the tide's getting higher as 
    Bb  F
we speak
    C                  Dm      C 
And God don't mind she got the 
      Bb        F
time to crucify us
        C     Dm     Bb
In this thing called life

[Verse 4]
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And did you hear about Courtney, 
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she covers her body
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To hide the bruises, even in the 
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summer
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And you know that David, well he 
Bb         F
don't mean it
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But he's just like that, when he 
C         Bb
drowns his soul

[Chorus]
C                   Dm C  Bb   
There's a million ways  to love
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 yourself
        C                 Dm    C
But the how do we know what love 
      Bb  F
really is
    C                     Dm      
And God don't mind she'll take her
C       Bb        F
 time to crucify us
        C     Dm     Bb
In this thing called life

[Verse 5]
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And maybe when light forms and 
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nothing matters
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We're bits of stardust and energy
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And baby in the madness with 
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cosmic genius
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From mass destruction, come 
    F
blissful peace

[Chorus]
   C                    Dm C  Bb
Oh there's a million ways   to 
            F
find yourself
    C         Dm        C      
But none of the answers are for
Bb   F
 free
    C              Dm        C   
And God don't mind she'll take 
    Bb              F
her time to crucify us
        C     Dm     Bb
In this thing called life
    C         Dm           Bb
You know this thing called life
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You know this thing called life
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You know this thing called life