natalie merchant – the living
transcribed by : tim eggenberger
what a great great album – thanks for everything natalie .
this is a very sad , beautiful , and easy to play song .

for the ’g’ on the intro , don’t use the low ’e’ string so as to leave
your index finger free for 1st fret fill .
for the ’d’ chord , include the open ’a’ string for flavor .

tuning : standard , capo on #1

intro :
C C G G D D C C G G D C
E – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – 2 – 2 – – – – 0 – 0 – – – – – – 3 – 3 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 0 – |
B – – 1 – 3 – 1 – – – 1 – 3 – 1 – – 3 – 1 – 0 – 3 – 1 – – 3 – 3 – 0 – – 1 – 1 – – – – – – 3 – 3 – 1 – 0 – 3 – 3 – 0 – – 1 – |
G – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – 2 – 2 – – – – 0 – 0 – – – – – – 0 – 0 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 0 – |
D – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – 0 – 0 – – – – 2 – 2 – 0 – 2 – – 0 – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 2 – |
A – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – 3 – – – – – – 2 – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – |
E – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – |

verse
[ C ] what’s it like there [ G ] outside
with the [ D ] living , with the [ C ] living
[ C ] here i’ve found a place [ G ] that i can hide
from the [ D ] living , from the [ C ] living

chorus
cause i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay with the [ C ] living

verse
[ C ] oh , the bottle has [ G ] been to me
[ D ] my closest friend , my [ C ] worst enemy
[ C ] oh , fickle i [ G ] walked a fine line
[ D ] squandered it all and [ C ] wasted my time

chorus
and i [ G ] don’t stand A [ D ] chance among the [ C ] living

verse
[ C ] for the lovers i’ve [ G ] gambled and lost
[ D ] count my mistakes what [ C ] ever the cost
[ C ] i’ll go off , i’ll [ G ] make myself scarce
[ D ] oh , come tomorrow you [ C ] won’t find me here

chorus
because i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay with the [ C ] living
i don’t [ G ] think i’ll [ D ] remain with the [ C ] living

solo :
C G D C ( crying )
C G D C ( crying )

and i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay with the [ C ] living
no , i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay [ C ]