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(Verse 1) C G Life’s too short to even care at all oh F G I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing control C G These fishes in the sea they’re staring at me oh oh Oh oh oh oh F G A wet world aches for a beat of a drum Oh (Chorus) Am If I could find a way to see this straight G I’d run away F To some fortune that I Am G should have found by now F Am G I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-------------------------| G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-----------| D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-3-| A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| Play once after G|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| chorus, but not D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| during the verse A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| (Verse 2, strumming) C G Life’s too short to even care at all oh F G I’m coming up now coming up now out of the blue oh C These zombies in the park they’re looking for my heart G Oh oh oh oh F G A dark world aches for a splash of the sun oh oh (Chorus) Am If I could find a way to see this straight G I’d run away F Am G To some fortune that I I should have found by now Am And so I run to the things they said could restore me G Restore life the way it should be F Am G I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down (Verse 3, picking) C G Life’s too short to even care at all oh F G I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing control Interlude: C G F C G 3x (Chorus) Am (one strum) If I could find a way to see this straight G (one strum) I’d run away G F Am G To some fortune that I I should have found by now Am So I run to the things they said could restore me G Restore life the way it should be F Am G I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down (Outro, picking) C G One more spoon of cough syrup now whoa oh F G One more spoon of cough syrup now whoa oh
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Cough Syrup by Young The Giant