Lives chords by Modest Mouse

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

F#m Bm F#m Bm



🎸 Verse:

F#m              Bm
Everyone's afraid of their own life
F#m
If you could be anything you want
   Bm             F#m  Bm
I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?
F#m                Bm
No one really knows the ones they love
F#m
If you knew everything they thought
      Bm                  F#m Bm
I bet that you would wish that they'd just shut up

🎸 Verse 2:

F#m                Bm
Well, you were the dull sound of sharp math when you were alive
F#m            Bm
No one's going to play the harp when you die
F#m            Bm
And if I had a nickel for every damn dime
F#m              Bm
I'd have half the time, do you mind?


🎸 Verse 3:

F#m              Bm
Everyone's afraid of their own lives
F#m
If you could be anything you want
   Bm             F#m
I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?
   Bm           F#m
Am I right? Am I right? Am I right?
   Bm           F#m
Am I right? Am I right? Am I right?


🎸 Bridge:

C
And it's our lives
   G/D    Bm      G/D    Bm      C
It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember we're alive

For the first time
   G/D    Bm      G/D    Bm      C
It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember we're alive

For the last time
   G/D    Bm      G/D    Bm    C
It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember to live

Before you die
   G/D    Bm      G/D    Bm       C
It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember that our lives

Are such a short time
   G/D    Bm      G/D    Bm       C
It's hard to remember, it's hard to remember when it takes

Such a long time
   G/D    Bm   G/D Bm C
It's hard to remember
   G/D    Bm   G/D Bm C
it's hard to remember


Coda:

Em G F#m

C Bm  G          F#m
My mom's God is a woman, and my mom, she is a witch
C Bm  G  F#m
I like this
C Bm  G               F#m
My hell comes from inside, comes from inside myself
C  Bm  G  F#m
Why fight this?


🎸 Interlude:

F#m Bm F#m Bm


🎸 Verse 4:

F#m              Bm
Everyone's afraid of their own life
F#m
If you could be anything you want
   Bm             F#m  Bm
I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?