Standard (EADGBE)

 This song is sung for anyone that's listening

This song is for the broken-spirited man

This song is for anyone left standing

(pick chord)

After the strain of a slow sad end

It seems everybody wants what someone else has

And there's sorrow enough for all, just go in any bar and ask

With a beer in each hand and a smile in between

All around's a world grown mean

(chorus)

 Well we've all had

 Our ups and downs

 It's been mostly down around here

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 Now this whole damn mess should be becoming quite clear

  [G/f#]

Looks like we're all looking for a life worth livin'

 That's why we drink ourselves to sleep

  [G/f#]

We're all looking for a life worth livin'

 That's why we pray for our souls to keep

There's nothing left now but broken pieces

Of one man's broken will to care

And in the end before all is said and done

How many others might follow him there

(same chords as chorus)

But midnight is coming round

It's still mostly down around here

Now this whole damn mess is becoming quite clear

Looks like we're all looking for a life worth livin'

That's why we drink ourselves to sleep

We're all looking for a life worth livin'

That's why we pray for our souls to keep