Awful Beautiful Life Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

m h m m p m mm h

m = palm mute

B = hammer-on

p = pull-off

DI woke up eGarly with a pDounding in my hGead

I'd been oDut the night befGore with all my friDends G

DA little wGorried, kinda wDondering what I dGid

I said, LoDrd please forgGive me for my sDins

My wAife wanted to kill me but she tGried to save me first

AYou're goin' if I have to dGrag your butt to church

DI love this cGrazy tragic, sDometimes aGlmost magic

DAwful, bGeauA/Etiful lDife

DI read the hGymns and kinda soDrta sang alGong

Made it thDrough the Sunday sGermon wide awDake G

DWe met the fGamily for dDinner at our hGome

Drank some bDeer, watched the gGame and cooked some stDeak

AMy little brother had a bGig fight with his wife

And oAur poor mother sat betwGeen em both all night

DI love this cGrazy tragic, sDometimes aGlmost magic

DAwful, bGeauA/Etiful lDife

Instrumental

Bm A G Bm A G D G D G D A G D

p. p. p....

BmWe said a prayer for cousin F♯mMichael in Iraq

BmWe're all aware that he may F♯mnever make it back

BmWe talked about the way we F♯mmissed his stupid jokes

GAnd how he D/F♯loved to be a Em7soldier more than mAost

DI lay in bGed that night and tDhought about the Gday

And how my lDife is like a rGoller-coaster rDide G

DThe ups and dGowns and crazy tDurns along the wGay

It'll thDrow you off if yGou don't hold on tDight

AYou can't really smile untGil you shed some tears

AI could die today or I mGight live on for years

DI love this cGrazy tragic, sDometimes aGlmost magic

DAwful, bGeauA/Etiful lDife

DI love this cGrazy tragic, sDometimes aGlmost magic

DAwful, bGeauA/Etiful lDife

Chords: (normal)

A = x02220

A/E = 002220

Bm = x24432(bar chord) or xx4432

D = xx0232

D/F#= 200232(hold down bottom string with thumb)

Em7 = 020000

F#m = 244222(bar chord)

G = 320003

the walkdown is Bm , A, G, D/F♯