The Perfect Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Hey![A][Am][C][Am][D]
[Am][A][D][C][Am][D]
[Am]I'm gonna live in a big white [D]house
[C]With a big[Am] backyard
and a picket [D]fence
[C]And I'm[Am] gonna have a beautiful wife
[C]'Cause I'm[Am] gonna live the perfect life

[Verse 2]
[A]No, [G]not for me.[Am].. I s[D]ay oh[Am][G]
no; it's [Am]not f[D]or me...
[Am]No, [A]not [G]for me[Am]... I say[C][D]
[Am]oh n[G]o; it's not [Am]for me...
[D]When

[Verse 3]
[Am]I lo[A]ok back on wha[Am]t I've done,
[D]I w[C]ann[Am]a be the only one
[C]To be [Am]free of stress, free of [C]strife
[Am]It's all part of the perfect [C]life

[Verse 4]
[Am]No, [A]not [G]for me[Am]... I say [C]oh[Am]
no; it's[D] not for me.[Am]..[D]
[A]No, [G]not for[Am] me... I s[C]ay [D]oh[Am][G]
no; it's [Am]not f[C]or me...
[D][C][D][C]

[Verse 5]
[D]I'm gonna [C]go from rags to riches
Gonna heal myself with
golden [D]stitches[C]
[D]One more [C]day it's off to the races
Gonna spend my time in the wide
open [D]spaces[C]
And as I look down from up above
I'm gonna teach myself the meaning
of love
[E][D][E][D]

[Verse 6]
[E][D]
[E]But[D] what wou[E]ld I know about lov[G]e?

[Interlude 1]
[A][G][Am][A][D][C][Am]
[G][C][Am][D][C][Am][G][Am][D][C][Am][A][G][A][D][C]

[Verse 7]
[A]I'm gonna drop out of [Am]the race[D]
[C]I'm gonna [Am]braid my [A]hair,
gonna [Am]paint my [A]face[D]
[C]I'm [Am]gonna stalk my [A]prey
with a [Am]hunting [D]knife
[C]I'm gonna rid[Am] myself of the
perfect [D]life[Am]

[Verse 8]
[A]No, not for me..[Am]. I say oh[G][A]
no; it's [Am]not f[D]or me...
[A]No, not for me..[Am]. I say oh[G][Am]
[A]no; it's not for me...
[G](No no no no [A]no no)
[G]No, not for me... [Am]I sa[G]y oh[Am]
[G]no; it's not for me.[Am]..[G]
[A]No, not for me... I say oh[Am][A]
no; it's not for[Am] me...
[G]No, not for me ([Am]not for me)... I say
oh no; it's not for me...
No (I say) not for me... I say
oh no; it's not for me...