The Hell Of It Chords & Tabs
The hell of it
by Paul Williams
Tab by ForestEnt
Standard tuning
some dist helps
Em C Em C B
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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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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/paul_williams/the_hell_of_it_tab.html ]
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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