7Th Avenue Static

D D C Well they crowned me with thorns on the day I was born G D By the light of a cold television D C And I remember the bars on his uniform G D As he marched from the field of vision D C G D D C When he didn't come home, it was just us alone G D The brat and the widowed civilian D C Then one April night after Ma took her life G D I fell down the street to oblivion G F D And I took what the dumpsters were giving G F D And I did my best to survive G F D 'Cause I figured that life's for the living A While you're alive D While you're alive D C Bring out the gin and the small violins G D I'm a raging success as a failure D C And it's colder than hell in this cardboard hotel G D Which I share with a chronic embezzler D C So I beat my retreat down Collister Street G D To one of my holy places D C And they tangled my wings with wire and string G D But I'm spinning in a whirlpool of faces G F D And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving G F D And I'll do my best to survive G F D 'Cause I still think that life's for the living G F Bb G Yes I still think that life's for the li---ving Instr Build Bb C D Singing comes back in D C G D (4x) G F D And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving G F D And I'll pray every night to St. Giles G F D But I still think that life's for the living A At least for a while D At least for a while D C G D