IntroAmDmCGCEm7AmDmCGGadd4GVerseAmFmaj7
Well grey clouds wraped round the town like elastic
GCEm7
Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic
AmFmaj7GGadd4G
The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain
AmFmaj7
While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rub toes
GCEm7
Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
AmFmaj7GGadd4G
Dressed in their suits and their boots well they all look the same
BridgeFGCEm7AmG
I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl
FGCC7
And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
ChorusF
Don't you cry for the lost
G
Smile for the living
CEm7AmG
Get what you need and give what you're given
FG
Life's for the living so live it
Am
Or you're better off dead
DmCGCEm7AmDmCGGadd4GVerseAmFmaj7
While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet
GCEm7
Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket
AmFmaj7GGadd4G
We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til it fell of the wall
AmFmaj7
While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes
GCEm7
The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
AmFmaj7GGadd4G
And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call
BridgeFG
And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town
CEm7AmG
Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
FGCC7
With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
ChorusF
Don't you cry for the lost
G
Smile for the living
CEm7AmG
Get what you need and give what you're given
FG
Life's for the living so live it
Am
Or you're better off dead
Em, F, C, Em7, Am, Em, G, Gadd4, GVerseAmFmaj7
Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage
GCEm7
They take your dreams down and stick them in storage
AmFmaj7GGadd4G
You can have them back son when you've paid off your mortgage and loans
AmFmaj7
Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own way
GCEm7
I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway
AmFmaj7GGadd4G
Someday someone must be going my way home
BridgeFG
Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car
CEm7AmG
With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars
FGCC7
And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
ChorusF
Don't you cry for the lost
G
Smile for the living
CEm7AmG
Get what you need and give what you're given
FG
You know life's for the living so live it
CC7
Or you're better off dead
OutroF
Don't you cry for the lost
G
Smile for the living
CEm7AmG
Get what you need and give what you're given
FG
Life's for the living so live it
Or you're better off dead
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.