#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Half Life by Too Much Joy (from the album "...finally") (transcribed by Jason Finestone [jasonf@bu.edu]) NOTE: C* is played like [x32033] D/F# is an open D chord with an F# in the bass Verse: G D/F# Em C There is no space G D/F# Em C For what you need to know G D/F# Em C G D/F# Em C I'm the forms that I must fill out. I'm happiest alone I'm miserable that way All this stuff just wants to spill out. Pre-chorus: C* G (bass: G F# E) I take pleasure Em A in the simple things C* G (bass: G F# E) I love my headphones Em D and my wedding ring Chorus: (same rhythm as verse) G D/F# Em C Are you talking to me now or reading from a script? G D/F# Em C What's that supposed to mean you say you wanna be yourself? G D/F# Em C I don't think you really know just who the hell that is. Em Am You spend half your life C (back to verse pattern) pretending you're like everybody else. (like everybody else) Verse 2: I tell the same joke many different ways but you never seem to get it. You're jerking off to catalogs don't you feel a bit pathetic? [Pre-chorus] Chorus: You spend half your life remembering your life when you were young half your life dreaming how much better life can get well everytime you make a choice, hey half your life is gone All you've got's a few good dreams divided into many small regrets. (like everybody else) Solo (over verse) Verse 3: I never take any pictures just try to remember all I remember is trying. Here's a story I like I think it happened to me I don't even know if I'm lying if I'm lying if I'm lying Chorus: Are you talking to me now or reading from a script? What's that supposed to mean you say you wanna be yourself? Well I don't think you really know just who the hell that is No I don't think you have a clue just who the hell that is So what's your half life? So what's your half life? So what's your half-life? So what's your half life? You spend half your life pretending you're like everybody else. G D/F# Em C G