This is the life
| Intro |
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| Am | ||
| Verse | Oh | the wind whistles down |
| F | |
| The | cold dark street tonight |
| C | E | |
| And the | people they were danc | ing to the music vibe |
| G#m | |
| And the | boys chase the girls |
| With the curls in their hair |
| F | |
| And the | shy tormented youth sit way over there |
| C | |
| And the | songs they get louder |
| E | |
| Each one better than be | fore |
| Am | |
| Chorus 2x | And you're singing the songs |
| Thinking this is the life |
| F | |
| And you wake up in the | morning and your head feels twice the size |
| C | |
| Where you gonna | go |
| Where you gonna go |
| E | |
| Where you gonna sleep to | night |
| Bridge |
| Am | F | C | E |
| Am | |
| Verse | So you're heading down the road |
| In your taxi for four |
| F | |
| And you're | waiting outside Jimmy's front door |
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| But | nobody's in and nobody's home | 'til four |
| Am | |
| So you're | sitting there with nothing to do |
| F |
| Talking about Robert Riger and his motley crew |
| C | E | |
| And | where you're gonna go and where you're gonna sleep tonight |
| Repeat Chorus |
| Repeat Bridge twice |
| Repeat Chorus twice |
| Repeat Bridge |