The Hell Of It chords

Paul Williams

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 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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                                              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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    Em 
Goodbye. We've all come to say goodbye (goodbye). Goodbye (goodbye) 
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 G 
Born  defeated,  died in vain super-destruction, you were hooked   on pain. 
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     Em               Eb+         Em             Eb+ 
And though your music lingers on, all of us are glad you're gone 
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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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ENDING : repeat this ad nauseam 

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