Existential Blues

Existential Blues
By Pat Wictor


VERSE 1
[C] Things are just as [G] hard as they [C] seem. [C7]
[F] Things are just as [Fm] hard as they [C] seem.
The [F] genii just went back in the [E7] magic lamp, all your [C] wishes went up in [A7] steam.
[F] Things are just as [G7] hard as they [C] seem.


VERSE 2
[C] Things are just as [G] hard as they [C] seem. [C7]
[F] Things are just as [Fm] hard as they [C] seem.
Your [F] fairy God Mother said, [E7] “You’re on you’re own brother, [C] it’s too big a mess to [A7] clean.”
[F] Things are just as [G7] hard as they [C] seem. [C7]


BRIDGE
But [F] don’t you walk around with your [Fm] face all looking [C] sad. [C7]
[F] Whistle a tune when you’re [E7] feeling blue—[D7] this too shall [G7] pass.


VERSE 3
[C] Things are just as [G] hard as they [C] seem. [C7]
[F] Things are just as [Fm] hard as they [C] seem.
[F] Tinker Bell ain’t gonna [E7] wake you up and [C] tell you it was all just a [A7] dream.
[F] Things are just as [G7] hard as they [C] seem. [A7]—you know that’s the truth.


FINE
[F] Things are just as [G7] hard as they [C] seem.