The tuning is Drop D and there is a capo on the 2nd fret. These are chords for the entire song. I m
referencing the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Vk6HOoU44. Listen for yourself for the
strumming pattern.
Please comment with any corrections!
[Chords]
* * *
e|-----------------------------------2------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3------3-----3--------1------1-----3------1-------------------|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------2-----0--------0------0-----3------3-------------------|
D|----4-----2-----------------4------0-----4--------3------2-----5------3-------------------|
A|----2-----------3-----2-----5------0-----1--------3------3-----6------1-------------------|
D|----2-----------------------5------0--------------3---------------------------------------|
[Riff]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3--3--3--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------0--0--0--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------0--4--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0h2----2-----3--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
There are also a few licks thrown in after the D chord in the verses.
Lick 1 Lick 2
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0h2---------------------------2p0 0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------4---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
[Riff]
e|-------------------------|
B|---------3--3--3--3------|
G|---------0--0--0--0------|
D|------0--4--2------------|
A|--0h2----2-----3--2------|
D|-------------------------|
[Chorus]
oh ooh it s a funny old life
Bottle keeps spinning, spinning
Devil keeps grinning, grinning
Thinking about a war he s winning
*
Ooh ooh everybody is a star
Every star is a sun
Every son is in the shadow of the father now [Lick 1]
Ooh ooh it s a funny old life
Bottle keeps spinning, spinning
Devil keeps grinning, grinning
Thinking about a war he s winning
*
Ooh ooh everybody is a star. Doo Doo [Lick 2]
[Verse]
Sisyphus I feel you boy
Roll roll rolling that rock all day
*
No one lends a hand along the way
They just smile and say
See you soon, see you soon, see you soon [Lick 1]
See you when the war is over
See you when this gravity stops pulling me around
*
When I get my feet up off the ground
Finally lay this burden down
*
I ll come running [Lick 2]
[Chorus]
Ooh ooh it s a funny old life
Bottle keeps spinning, spinning
Devil keeps grinning, grinning
Thinking about all my sinning
*
Ooh ooh everybody is a star
Every star is a sun
Every son is in the shadow of the father now
[Bridge]
But you oh you
*
Never be lonely
Never blue
*
Oooooooh never be lonely
Never blue
[Verse]
There s poetry in sickness
Life is beautiful and cruel
That s just the way it is
*
And I can sleep but I can t rest
They say the old songs are the best
*
And I am still a young man
[Chorus]
Ooh ooh it s a funny old life
Bottle keeps spinning, spinning
Devil keeps grinning, grinning
Thinking about a war he s winning
*
Ooh ooh everybody is a star
Every star is a sun
Every son is in the shadow of the father now [Lick 1]
Ooh ooh it s a funny old life
[Lick 2] Doo Doo Doo
*
Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo
Ooh ooh it s a funny old life
Bottle keeps spinning, spinning
Devil keeps grinning, grinning
Thinking about a war he s winning
*
Ooh ooh everybody is a star
Everybody is a star, everybody
Ooh ooh it s a funny old life
[Lick 2] Doo Doo Doo
*
Doo Doo Doo
I ll come running [Lick 1]
Ooh
Doo Doo
*
Doo Doo
I ll come running [Lick 2]
N.C.
Ooh ooh it s a funny old life
N.C.
Bottle keeps spinning, spinning
N.C.
Devil keeps grinning, grinning
N.C.
Thinking about a war he s winning
N.C.
Ooh ooh everybody is a star
Everybody is a star
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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