This Wreck Of A Life

               G   F#m       Em      D
You know that bad luck will eat you up
G  A
When’s it gonna end?
G                 F#m            Em
  I twisted everything I could
              D
Out of words
                 G  A                G  A
In real life my colours never blend
             D      G         A
When I was a boy I said to myself
               D        G      F#m
That I’d never lean on anyone else
        D
Oh, but I was wrong
     G
Yeah I was wrong
       A
And my mother took me by the hands and then


D   G         A
Oh, oh how I prayed
         D               G         F#m      A
That the good Lord would come and take me away
          D         G              A
From this mess of a life that I’m in
                 D     G         A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
       D               G           F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
        D           G            A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D           G            A
In this mess of a life that I’m in


G                  F#m
Come on you got a lot to give
  Em
A lot to live for
    D                G  A
And hope it all gets better
    G                      F#m        Em
You twisted everything you can out of anything
  D                   G  A       G  A
I know it’s gonna get better
                    D         G      A
And I’m so sick and tired of lying around
                       D          G             F#m
We’re all waiting for someone to light up this town
       D
Oh, it won’t be long
   G
It won’t be long
      A                                  D
And I know I should have left town but I stayed
G         A
Oh how I prayed
          D              G         F#m      A
That the good Lord would come and take me away
          D         G              A
From this mess of a life that I’m in
                 D      G       A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
       D               G           F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
        D          G              A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in


D                                    G                     A
Oh and it feels like I’m writing a book and I can’t get inspired
    D
Sometimes
                                 G                        A
It seems that I’m breathing in smoke and my lungs are so tired
   D
Oh well
                                    G
I’ll just sleep it all off and then hope that it don’t get me
A
fired
                   D
And I’m asking you please
   G        A
Oh oh how I prayed
         D               G         F#m     A
That the good Lord would come and take me away
          D         G              A
From this mess of a life that I’m in
                 D      G       A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
       D               G          F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
        D          G              A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
    D   G        A
And oh, oh how I prayed
         D               G        F#m       A
That the good Lord would come and take me away
          D         G             A
From this mess of a life that I’m in
                  D     G       A
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
       D              G           F#m          A
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D         G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D         G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in
        D         G             A
In this mess of a life that I’m in  (and I fell to my knees)
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A
In this wreck of a life that I’m in
        D          G             A       D
In this wreck of a life that I’m in