Life Could Be Worse

F   G   C
Went out for a drive and some drunken lawyer hit 'em
F   G   C
Everybody but the lawyer died.
C   F
Pa had lots of debts so I went and sold the farm
G   C
Now I’m living in a tenement and I’m starvin’
F   G   C
I’ve got rat bites on my arms.
G
Yeah, but life could be worse, things could get bad
C   F   G   C
I’m lucky I guess to remember what I had, ohh
C   F   G
2. Waiting in the line one day for a bit of soup and bread
C   F   G   C
I met miss Alicia and this is what she said
F
“Keep your chin up Bobby, smile when you talk”
G   C
and then she went away now,
F   G   C
she went away with Pa’s gold watch.
G
Yeah, but life could be worse, things could get bad
C   F   G   C
I’m lucky I guess to remember what I had, ohh
C   F   G   C
I’m lucky I guess to remember what I had.
C
3. Now I’m working out on Davie Street
F   G   C
For a man called Eddie Bones, I give him half of what I make
F   G   C
And he leaves me alone.
F   G
I don’t deal no rough trade, like the corner cowboys do
C   F   G   C
I’m a temporary resident of Lonely Avenue.
G
Yeah, but life could be worse, things could get bad
C   F   G   C
I’m lucky I guess to remember what I had, ohh
C   F   G   C
I’m lucky I guess to remember what I had, ohh
C   F   G   C
I’m lucky I guess to remember what I had.