Here's To Life

Chords

Standard

*Horn Part*
Dm F C Dm
Dm F A# A x2
Dm F A A

Dm
How did Camus really die that night?
                                                A               Dm
Were they right? When he died was it really his time, or was it suicide?
Dm
And Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine
                                      A                           Dm
We go drinking from time to time, and I find it gets harder every time.

*Horn Part*
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  C
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  A   A

Chorus
Dm      F  
  Back Off!
        C           A#
You're out on the street again
Dm           F
  Don't you stop!
         C                 A#
Did you know you couldn't swim?
Dm      F
  Back Off!
         C         A#
You're out on the street again
     Dm                                      A
I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!

*Horn Part A*
Dm       A Dm

Dm
Hemingway never seemed to mind the banalities of a normal life
    A                      Dm
and I find, it gets harder every time

*Horn Part*
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  C
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  A   A

Chorus
Dm      F  
  Back Off!
                  C        A#
You're out on the street again
Dm             F
  Don't you stop!
                 C        A#
Did you know you couldn't swim?
Dm    F
Back Off!
                  C        A#
You're out on the street again
     Dm                                      A          A
I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!


Dm                  F
Hey there Salinger, what did you do?
C                       Dm
Just when the world was looking at you
         Dm                  F
To write anything that meant anything,
    C                Dm
You told us you were through
Dm                            F
And it's been years since you passed away,
      C                    Dm
But I see no plaque, and I see no grave
    Dm           F             C              Dm
And I can't help believing you wanted it that way


Dm                        F
And Vincent Van Gogh, why do you weep?
         C                             Dm
You were on your way to heaven but the road was steep
    Dm               F
And who was there to break your fall?
      C               Dm
We're guilty, one and all
      Dm                     F
And I don't know much, but I do know this:
       C                    Dm
With a golden heart comes a rebel fist
    Dm           F              C                         Dm
But I can't help agreeing with those that would not quit

*Horn Part*
Dm F C Dm
Dm F A# A x2
Dm F A A 

Verse
      Dm
And it makes me sick when I think of it
      Dm
All my heroes that could not live with this
      A
and I hope you rest in peace 
             Dm
Because with us, You never did!
Dm
And K.D.C., you were much too young!
Dm
And you changed my life!
                        A
But I draw the line at suicide!
          Dm   A  Dm  Gm  Dm  A       Dm A  Dm_A_Dm
Here's To Life!!!       Here's to life