Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

x2

Verse 1

Well I woke this morning with a pain in my neck,

A pain in my heart and a pain in my chest,

I went to the doctor and the good doctor said,

You gotta slow down your life or you're gonna be dead,

Cut out the struggle and strife,

It only complicates your life.

Verse 2

Well I cut down women, I cut out booze,

I stopped ironing my shirts, cleaning my shoes,

I stopped going to work, stopped reading the news,

I sit and twiddle my thumbs cos I got nothing to do,

Minimal exercise,

To help uncomplicate my life,

(D ringing out through this line)

Gotta stand and face it; life is so complicated,

Chorus

Ladi dah di dahdah, ladi dah di dah dah,

You gotta get away from the complicated life, son,

Life is overrated, life is complicated,

Must alleviate this complicated life.

Interlude

x2

Cut out the struggle and strife,

It's such a complicated life.

Verse 3

same chords as Verse 2);

Like old Mother Hubbard, I got nothin' in the cupboard,

Got no dinner and I got no supper,

Holes in my shoes, I got holes in my socks,

I can't go to work cos I can't get a job,

The bills are rising sky high,

It's such a complicated life,

Gotta stand and face it; life is so complicated,

Chorus x2

Outro

Gotta get away from the complicated life, son,

Gotta get away from the complicated life.