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[Verse 1]
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Betty's in a wet T-shirt, feeling foolish and vain
D          D  C
Looking like some housecat that got caught out in the rain
D         D  C
Staring into the mirror at this less-than-pretty picture
D        D  C
Feeling ten years older now, and fifty bucks richer


[Chorus]
         G     G7                     D
Life Is Hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
 C                      A               G
Can't get to heaven on roller skates - can't take a taxicab to Timbuktu


[Verse 2]
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Paul was a poor little rich boy, he never had to cry
D             D  C
Whenever he complained of aches and pains the doctors would drop by
D            D  C
Now he goes to parlours where the prettiest girls in town
D          D  C
Get paid five hundred dollars just to kick him when he's down


[Chorus]
         G     G7                     D
Life Is Hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
 C                      A               G                                         D    D C           D    D C
Can't get to heaven on roller skates - can't take a taxicab to Timbuktu, Life Is Hard,      Life Is Hard
         G     G7                     D
Life Is Hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
 C                      A               G
Can't get to heaven on roller skates - can't take a taxicab to Timbuktu


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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After he stiffed a waitress, and ran out on his tab
  D         D  C
Big Mac had a heart attack in the back of a Yellow Cab
D            D  C
By the time the sound of the siren said the ambulance was coming
D           D  C
His heart had stopped beating, but the meter was still running


[Chorus]
         G     G7                     D
Life Is Hard, can't buy happiness no matter what you do
 C                      A               G                                         D    D C           D    D C
Can't get to heaven on roller skates - can't take a taxicab to Timbuktu, Life Is Hard,      Life Is Hard
         G     G7                         D
Life Is Hard, ain’t no escapin’ when the rent come due
 C                      A               G
Can't get to heaven on roller skates - can't take a taxicab to Timbuktu


[Instrumental]
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