The Living

natalie merchant - the living transcribed by : tim eggenberger what a great great album - thanks for everything natalie . this is a very sad , beautiful , and easy to play song . for the ’g’ on the Intro , don’t use the low ’e’ string so as to leave your index finger free for 1st fret fill . for the ’d’ chord , include the open ’a’ string for flavor . tuning : standard , capo on #1 Intro : C C G G D D C C G G D C E - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - 2 - 2 - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - - 3 - 3 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - | B - - 1 - 3 - 1 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - - 3 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 1 - - 3 - 3 - 0 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 3 - 3 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 3 - 0 - - 1 - | G - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - 2 - 2 - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - | D - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - 2 - 2 - 0 - 2 - - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 2 - | A - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3 - - - - - - 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - | E - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - | Verse [ C ] what’s it like there [ G ] outside with the [ D ] living , with the [ C ] living [ C ] here i’ve found a place [ G ] that i can hide from the [ D ] living , from the [ C ] living Chorus cause i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay with the [ C ] living Verse [ C ] oh , the bottle has [ G ] been to me [ D ] my closest friend , my [ C ] worst enemy [ C ] oh , fickle i [ G ] walked a fine line [ D ] squandered it all and [ C ] wasted my time Chorus and i [ G ] don’t stand A [ D ] chance among the [ C ] living Verse [ C ] for the lovers i’ve [ G ] gambled and lost [ D ] count my mistakes what [ C ] ever the cost [ C ] i’ll go off , i’ll [ G ] make myself scarce [ D ] oh , come tomorrow you [ C ] won’t find me here Chorus because i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay with the [ C ] living i don’t [ G ] think i’ll [ D ] remain with the [ C ] living Solo : C G D C ( crying ) C G D C ( crying ) and i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay with the [ C ] living no , i [ G ] don’t care to [ D ] stay [ C ]