The Hell Of It chords

Paul Williams

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 Em       C    Em         C  B 
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-0---2-3--8-----0---2-3---8--7-----|

 Em                                       Am 
Roll on thunder, shine on lightning. The days are long and the nights are frightening. 
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 D                                      Em         A5 Em           A5 Em 
Nothing matters anyway, and that's the hell of it. 
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-2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-0---------------------------------------2----2-2--7--2---2---2-2---7--2-|
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                                              Am 
Winter comes and the winds blew colder. While some grew wiser, you just grew older 
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     D                                        Em        A5 Em            A5 Em 
and you never listened anyway, and that's the hell of it. 
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 G 
Good for nothing, bad in bed, nobody likes you and you're better off dead. 
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-5--------5--------5------5----5------5--------------------5-----------5----|
-5--------5--------5------5----5------5--------------------5-----------5----|
-3--------3--------3------3----3------3--------------------2-----------3----|

    Em 
Goodbye. We've all come to say goodbye (goodbye). Goodbye (goodbye) 
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----2--2--------2-----------2-------2--------2---------2---------2-----|
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 G 
Born  defeated,  died in vain super-destruction, you were hooked   on pain. 
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-5--------5--------5------5----5--------5--------------------5-----------5--|
-5--------5--------5------5----5--------5--------------------5-----------5--|
-3--------3--------3------3----3--------3--------------------2-----------3--|

     Em               Eb+         Em             Eb+ 
And though your music lingers on, all of us are glad you're gone 
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------2-----2----2--2--1--1---1--1-2--2---2---2--1----1--1---1-----|
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    E 
 If I could live my life half as worthlessly as you 
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        C                B             Em         C      Em       B 
I'm convinced that I'd wind up burning too. 
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--------5----------------4--------------2---4-5---10-----2---4-5---9---|
--------3----------------2--------------2---4-5---10-----2---4-5---9---|
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ENDING : repeat this ad nauseam

 G 
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---3-4-5-4----3-4-5-4------------------|
-----------------------5-5-5----5-5-5--|
-----------------------5-5-5----5-5-5--|
-----------------------3-3-3----3-3-3--|
    	
Em chordC chordB chordAm chordD chordA5 chordG chordE chord