Life is a lemon and I want my money back   (midi)

  Em  D                    Em       ~  ~       

    I want my money back!

    Em    C         Em    C       Em     C       - Em   

           Hey!     Huh! Hey!    Huh! Hey!  

   Em                            - C                                     Em

1.     It's all or nothing,        and nothing's all I ever get,

                                 /                                         /

    everytime I turn it on, I burn it up and burn it out.

Em                                 - C                                                    Em

    It's always something,     there's always something going wrong,

                                        /                                         /

    that's the only guarantee, that's what this is all about.

C                                  Em    - C                                                Em

    It's a never ending attack,        everything's a lie and that's a fact,

C                                                             e      - C – e

    life is a lemon and I want my money back.

              

   Em                               - C                                               Em

2.      And all the morons       and all the stooges with their coins,

                                                       /                                                /

    they're the ones who make the rules, it's not a game, it's just a rout.

Em                                 - C                                          Em

    There's desperation,         there's desperation in the air,

                                                  /                                                /

    it leaves a stain on all your clothes, and no detergent gets it out.

C                                                        Em

    And we're always slipping thru the cracks (slippin' ! ),

C                                                 Em

    then the movie's over, fade to black,

C                                                            Em

    life is a lemon and I want my money (back).

  Em C                     Em      - C  Em  C                     Em       - C

    I want my money back !           I want my money back !

                  Am                                                G

What about love? It's defective, it's always breaking in half !

                   Em                                          F

What about sex? It's defective, it's never built to really last !

                           Am                                         G

What about your family? It's defective, all the batteries are shot !

                           Em                                                 F

What about your friends? They're defective, all the parts are out of stock !

                   Bbm                                    G#

What about hope? It's defective, it's corroded and decayed !

                  Fm                                 F#

What about faith? It's defective, it's tattered and it's frayed !

                            Bbm                                            G#

What about your Gods? They're defective, they forgot the warranty !

                          Fm                                      F#

What about your town? It's defective, it's a dead end street to me.

                                Bm                                   A

What about your school? It's defective, it's a pack of useless lies !

                           F#m                                    G

What about your work? It's defective, it's a crock and then you die !

                             Bm                                                      G

What about your childhood? It's defective, it's dead and buried in the past !

                           Em                                                    A

What about your future? It's defective, and you can shove it up your ass !

  Em  C                    Em

    I want my money back ! Life is a lemon !

  Em  C                    Em                                                            ~ ~

    I want my money back ! Life is a lemon, life is a lemon !

   Em                             - C                                     Em

3.      It's all or nothing,        and nothing's all I ever get,

                                 /                                          /

    everytime I turn it on, I burn it up and burn it out.

C                                  Em     - C                                               Em

    It's a never ending attack,        everything's a lie and that's a fact,

C                                                          Em      

    life is a lemon and I want my money back !

Em – C                                                            Em

            And we're always slipping through the cracks (slippin'!),

C                                                  Em

    then the movie's over, fade to black,

C                                                          Em

   Life is a lemon and I want my money back !

C           Em              C  - Em – C        Em – C         Em – C …….

    Back, back, back, ba……..…ck!            

(Orig. = Capo 2)    (Meat Loaf)