Life Is Sweet Natalie Merchant Song is actually recorded in G#m on the album "Ophelia". It appears here in Am, feel free to capo any fret you wish. It's a pity it's a crying shame Who pulled you down again How painful it must be To bruise so easily inside It's a pity it's a downright crime It happens all the time You want to stay little daddy's girl You want to hide from the vicious world outside Don't cry You know the tears will do no good So dry your eyes Oh, your daddy he's the iron man A battleship wrecked on dry land Your mamma she's a bitter bride She'll never be satisfied you know And that's not right But don't cry You know the tears will do no good So dry your eyes Oh, they told you life is hard Misery from the start It's dull it's slow it's painful But, I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more be grateful Well, who do you believe? Who will you listen to who will it be? Because it's high time that you decide In your own mind I've tried to comfort you I've tried to tell you to be patient That they are blind and they can't see Fortune gonna come one day They're all gonna fade away Your daddy the war machine And your momma the long and suffering Prisoner of what she can not see SOLO: For they've told you life is hard Misery from the start It's dull it's slow it's painful But, I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more be grateful So, who will you believe? Who will you listen to who will it be? Because it's high time that you decide It's time to make up your own your own sweet little mind SOLO: Oh, they've told you life is long Be thankful when it's done Don't ask for more be grateful But, I tell you life is short Be thankful because Before you know it will be over 'Cause life is sweet Life is oh so very short Life is sweet And life is oh so very short Life is sweet Repeat and fade