Chords for BAND OF HOLY JOY - ISN'T THAT JUST THE LIFE

_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G]
The tattoo on my [E] pelvic bone [D] is faded, _ _ [G]
fifteen years displayed on the [D] palest skin.
_ [G]
A fragile stem, [C] topped by a simple [D] blue flower, [G] it has been with me through [C] the darkest of
[D] darkening hours.
[Am] I am gone today [A] but I'll be here [G] tomorrow.
_ [Am]
I'll trade all of my joy for
some [G] of your sorrow. _
[Am] I'm the sensitive girl, [G] tougher than you. _
[Am] It has always been this
girl who has [G] seen things through.
Isn't that just [Em] the life?
_ [D] Isn't that just the life?
[G]
Isn't that just [Em] the life?
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
Suicide mother, gay girl, [D] spiky ass and drain.
_ [G] _
Children [E] in the street play with [D] brightly
coloured looms.
[G] We float [C] about in a dream until the [D] water's dropped low and [G] the canned
[C] trough found dead in a [D] hotel room. _
[Am] I am gone today but I'll be [G] here tomorrow. _
[Am] I'll trade
all of my joy for [G] some of your sorrow. _
[Am] I'm the sensitive girl, [G] tougher than you. _
[Am] It has
always been this girl who [G] has seen things [D] through.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
Teenagers snubbed on first dies and [D] best friends
arms.
[G] _
Disabled work longer hours because [D] they are grateful.
[G] _
Tonight I admit I walk and I [D] break and I cry.
[Em]
But I'm gonna [C] change this world [D] before I die.
[C] _
[Am] I am gone today but I'll be [G] here tomorrow. _
[Am] I'll trade all of my joy for [G] some of your sorrow.
[Am] I'm the sensitive girl, [G] tougher than you. _
[Am] It has always been this girl who has [G] seen things through. _
Isn't _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] that just the [G] life?
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _