Passenger - Lifes For The Living

capo on 6th

Em7 020030
Gadd4 320013
Fmaj7 103210 ( play 6th chord with thumb , or just play F )

Am , Dm , C , G , C , Em7 , Am , Dm , C , G , Gadd4 , G

Am Fmaj7
well grey clouds wraped round the town like elastic
G C Em7
cars stood like toys made of taiwanese plastic
Am Fmaj7 G Gadd4 G
the boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain
Am Fmaj7
while laundrettes cleaned clothes , high heals rub toes
G C Em7
puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
Am Fmaj7 G Gadd4 G
dressed in their suits and their boots well they all look the same

F G C Em7 Am G
i took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl
F G C C7
and carved out a poem above the urinal that read
F
don’t you cry for the lost
G
smile for the living
C Em7 Am G
get what you need and give what you’re given
F G
life’s for the living so live it
Am
or you’re better off dead

Dm , C , G , C , Em7 , Am , Dm , C , G , Gadd4 , G

Am Fmaj7
while the evening pulled the moon out of it’s packet
G C Em7
stars shone like buttons on an old man’s jacket
Am Fmaj7 G Gadd4 G
we needed a nail but we tacked it ’til it fell of the wall
Am Fmaj7
while pigeon’s pecked trains , sparks flew like planes
G C Em7
the rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
Am Fmaj7 G Gadd4 G
and we all had new iphones but no one had no one to call

F G
and i stumbled down to the stomach of the town
C Em7 Am G
where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
F G C C7
with a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
F
don’t you cry for the lost
G
smile for the living
C Em7 Am G
get what you need and give what you’re given
F G
life’s for the living so live it
Am
or you’re better off dead

Em , F , C , Em7 , Am , Em , G , Gadd4 , G

Am Fmaj7
well i’m sick of this town , this blind man’s forage
G C Em7
they take your dreams down and stick them in storage
Am Fmaj7 G Gadd4 G
you can have them back son when you’ve paid off your mortgage and loans
Am Fmaj7
oh hell with this place , i’ll go it my own way
G C Em7
i’ll stick out my thumb and i trudge down the highway
Am Fmaj7 G Gadd4 G
someday someone must be going my way home

F G
till then i’ll make my bed from a disused car
C Em7 Am G
with a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars
F G C C7
and i’ll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
F
don’t you cry for the lost
G
smile for the living
C Em7 Am G
get what you need and give what you’re given
F G
you know life’s for the living so live it
C C7
or you’re better off dead

F ( single struming from here )
don’t you cry for the lost
G
smile for the living
C Em7 Am G
get what you need and give what you’re given
F G
life’s for the living so live it

or you’re better off dead