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How Long You Wanna Live Anyway
Stray Cats
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You Need The Words To See How This Fits In As Its pretty Complex:
Intro: All right cats! One! Two! Three! Four!
Gb5/G5 |||||| Gb5/G5 |||||| etc.
Verse 1:
Well it's (G5)no good to smoke and it's no good to drink
What the hell you're doing boy don't you never ever think?
Well (C5)you're killing yourself man and you're just a kid
So you (G5)better slow down or you�ll wish that you did
Well (D5)maybe I'll only last a (C5)year and a day, but
(G5)how long you wanna live, (G5) anyway? Gb5/G5 |||||| etc.
E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D-0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
A---------------|
E---------------|
Verse 2: (chords as before put play G or C riff where appropriate)
G riff: C riff:
|-----------------| |-----------------|
|-----------------| |-----------------|
|-----------------| |---------3-3-2---|
|---------3-3-2---| |-----2-5-------5-|
|-----2-5-------5-| |-3-3-------------|
|-3-3-------------| |-----------------|
Well I just don't care and I just can't be bothered
Well I'm sick of taking crap from my mother and my father
Well I'm looking real cool my hair all greased
Well there ain't no way I'm gonna live like a priest
Well maybe I'll only last a year and a day, but how long you wanna live
anyway?
guitar solo
Verse 3:
Well you're growin� old man and you ain't having no fun
Well I'm still young and I'm-a gettin� me some
Well you can hide away and you can live like a monk
Well I'll be a low down dirty skunk
Well (D5)maybe I'll only last a (C5)year and a day,
(D5)Maybe I'll only last a (C5)year and a day
(D5)Maybe I'll only last a (C5)year and a day, but
(G5)Like, how long you wanna live (G5) anyway?
Gb5/G5 |||||| (3X)
G9
|-10-10-10-10\-|
|-10-10-10-10\-|
|-10-10-10-10\-|
|-9--9--9--9\--|
|-10-10-10-10\-|
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Guitar solo:
|------3-3-----3-3------3-3------3-3------3-3-3-----3-----3--------------
|------3-3-----3-3------3-3------3-3------3-3-3-----3-----3--------------
|-5(b)-----5(b)-----5(b)-----5(b)-----5(b)------5(b)--5(b)--5(b-r)-3-5-3-
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---------------3-6-3-6-3------------3-----3-----------------
---5(b)-5(b)-5-3-5-3-5-3------------3-----3-----------------
-3-5(b)-5(b)-5-----------5(b-r)-3-----5/7---5(b)-5(b-r)-3---
----------------------------------5-----------------------5-
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-----------------------------3-----5---5-5-------3-6-6(b)-
---5(b)-5(b)-5(b)-5(b)-3-5-3-3-5/7---7-----7-3/5---5-5(b)-
-3-5(b)-5(b)-5(b)-5(b)-3-5-3------------------------------
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-3(p)0-------3(p)0-------3(p)0-------3(p)0-------3---------------|
-------3(p)0-------3(p)0-------3(p)0-------3(p)0---0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|
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