Standard (EADGBE)

You know that bad luck will eat you up

When’s it gonna end?

I twisted everything I could

 Out of words

 In real life my colours never blend

 When I was a boy I said to myself

 That I’d never lean on anyone else

 Oh, but I was wrong

 Yeah I was wrong

 And my mother took me by the hands and then

Oh, oh how I prayed

 That the good Lord would come and take me away

 From this mess of a life that I’m in

 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried

 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this mess of a life that I’m in

Come on you got a lot to give

 A lot to live for

 And hope it all gets better

 You twisted everything you can out of anything

 I know it’s gonna get better

 And I’m so sick and tired of lying around

 We’re all waiting for someone to light up this town

 Oh, it won’t be long

 It won’t be long

 And I know I should have left town but I stayed

Oh how I prayed

 That the good Lord would come and take me away

 From this mess of a life that I’m in

 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried

 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this mess of a life that I’m in

Oh and it feels like I’m writing a book and I can’t get inspired

 Sometimes

 It seems that I’m breathing in smoke and my lungs are so tired

 Oh well

 I’ll just sleep it all off and then hope that it don’t get me

fired

 And I’m asking you please

 Oh oh how I prayed

 That the good Lord would come and take me away

 From this mess of a life that I’m in

 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried

 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 And oh, oh how I prayed

 That the good Lord would come and take me away

 From this mess of a life that I’m in

 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried

 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this mess of a life that I’m in

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this mess of a life that I’m in

 In this mess of a life that I’m in (and I fell to my knees)

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in

 In this wreck of a life that I’m in