verse 1
D F
I once knew a man who learned such a thing
C D
Cut off his hand to spite his ring
D F
He poisoned the well to spite the frogs
C D
Put down his son to spite the dog
D F
He cut out his sleep to spite his dreams
C D
Picked all the flowers to spite the bees
D F
He burned his bible to spite the Lord
C D
Took a day off to lick his wounds I heard him swear,
D F
"Life is such a wretched affair
C D
I'm gonna hold my breath to spite the air"
verse 2
D F
He drained the canal to spite the fish
C D
Flooded the land to spite the bridge
D F
He dug up the hills to spite the sky
C D
Tore out his tongue to spite the lies
D F
He cut down the trees to spite the shade
C D
Laid her to rest to spite the life they'd made
D F
He burned his his bible to spite the Lord
C D
Took a day off to lick his wounds I heard him swear,
D F
"Life is such a cursed affair
C
I'm gonna hold my breath, No, I'm gonna stop breathing
D
To spite the air"