Drop D
 
Intro: D - to a quick G (x4) 
 
D          G            D              G 
I woke up early with a pounding in my head 
         D               G                  D    G 
I'd been out the night before with all my friends 
D         G              D                G 
A little worried, kinda wondering what I did 
         D             G              D 
I said, Lord please forgive me for my sins 
   A                              G 
My wife wanted to kill me but she tried to save me first 
A                          G  (walkdown) 
You're goin' if I have to drag your butt to church 
D            G             D         G 
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic 
D       G  A/E    D 
Awful, beautiful life 
 
D           G                D          G 
I read the hymns and kinda sorta sang along 
         D                 G            D    G 
Made it through the Sunday sermon wide awake 
D           G          D             G 
We met the family for dinner at our home 
           D                 G                     D 
Drank some beer, watched the game and cooked some steak 
A                        G 
My little brother had a big fight with his wife 
    A                      G  (walkdown) 
And our poor mother sat between em both all night 
D            G             D         G 
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic 
D       G  A/E    D 
Awful, beautiful life 

Instrumental: Bm  A  G (x2) D  G  D  G  D  A-G-D 
 
Bm                          F#m 
We said a prayer for cousin Michael in Iraq 
Bm                          F#m 
We're all aware that he may never make it back 
Bm                         F#m 
We talked about the way we missed his stupid jokes 
G          D/F#          Em7                A 
And how he loved to be a soldier more than most 

D         G                  D                G 
I lay in bed that night and thought about the day 
           D              G              D     G 
And how my life is like a roller-coaster ride 
D            G               D               G 
The ups and downs and crazy turns along the way 
       D               G                 D 
It'll throw you off if you don't hold on tight 
A                         G 
You can't really smile until you shed some tears 
A                       G (walkdown) 
I could die today or I might live on for years 
D            G             D         G 
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic 
D       G  A/E    D 
Awful, beautiful life 
D            G             D         G 
I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic 
D       G  A/E    D 
Awful, beautiful life