The Devil Makes Three – This Life (Guitar)

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** The live versions sometimes contain extra verses, probably localized to where they are playing ** Played at 103 bpm [Intro] (lead-in picking +) F G C [Verse 1]
C
Broken down outside Bakersfield

                  G
Man it started to snow.

C
Sleepin' sittin' up in the front seat

              G
Cold wind, it blows.

C                                            G
Well now, people if you fear for your mortal souls

F         G                        C
Get a job workin' at the grocery store.
[Chorus]
        F                   C
'Cause, this life, it ain't right for everybody.

F                        G
Everbody'd do it now, if it was easy.

F                   C
This life, it ain't right for everybody,

       G                   C  F  G      C
But it sure's been good to me.
[Verse 2]
C
Drivin' thirty-five miles an hour

                  G
'Cross that Texas heat,

C
Engine burnin' like the fires of Hell

                             G
Just to melt the shoes of my feet.

C
Three mechanics in a hundred miles

             G
And nothin's wrong.

           F                   G                C
Didn't get nothing' outta that trip but another song.
[Chorus]
      F                   C
Well, this life, it ain't right for everybody.

F                        G
Everbody'd do it now, if it was easy.

F                   C
This life, it ain't right for everybody,

       G                   C
But it sure's been good to me.
[Interlude] G (*) C F D G F C G C G (*stop) [Bridge]
     C
Yes, I been up in the apple trees,

       G#
I been down in the ditches on my bended knees.

D7
"May I help you, sir?

           G
What do ya need?"

C
Been 'round a corner or two,

G#
Sold everything but my clothes and shoes.

      D7                                   G
Did a thousand jobs that I never wanted to do.
I ain't settlin' down here,
                 F
I'm just passin' through.
[Chorus]
F                   C
This life, it ain't right for everybody.

F                        G
Everbody'd do it now, if it was easy.

F                   C
This life, it ain't right for everybody,

       G                   C
But it sure's been good to me.
[Outro]
G                  F
Sure been good to, sure been good to,

D         G       C
sure been good to me-ee