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

There is no space

For what you need to know

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.

C* G (bass: G F# E)

I take pleasure

in the simple things

C* G (bass: G F# E)

I love my headphones

and my wedding ring

Chorus: (same rhythm as verse)

Are you talking to me now or reading from a script?

What's that supposed to mean you say you wanna be yourself?

I don't think you really know just who the hell that is.

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?

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

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.