In A Lifetime

Daniel Johnston

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In A Lifetime

Key: G

In A Lifetime Key DD

In A Lifetime Key D#D#

In A Lifetime Key EE

In A Lifetime Key FF(one step down)

In A Lifetime Key F#F#(half step down)

In A Lifetime Key GG(original key)

In A Lifetime Key G#G#(half step up)

In A Lifetime Key AA(one step up)

In A Lifetime Key A#A#

In A Lifetime Key BB

In A Lifetime Key CC

In A Lifetime Key C#C#

	  		Intro 
 G   D C   X3 
 G  

Verse 1:
     G 
In a lifetime 
   D       C      G 
you wear a lot of socks 
D      C      G 

D      C      G 
 Eat a lot of food 

Verse 2:
            G 
In a lifetime 
    D      C      G 
You chew a lot of gum 
D        C      G 
 Drink a lot of pop 
D        C       G 
 Watch a lot of TV 

Verse 3: 
                G 
But what we got here 
D        C           G 
 Doesn't happen very often 
      D        C           G 
No, it doesn't happen very often 
D     C      G 
 What we got here 
D     C      G 
 What we got here 

Interlude 
 G   G7   G7   Dm 

 
(slower) 
           Bb     F 
Word gets around 
            Bb    F 
When you're down 
               Bb    F 
Or when you're happy 
       Bb    F 
People know 
            Bb   F 
But I don't care 
            Bb   F 
What people say 
        Bb   F 
Cause today 
          Bb   F 
Today I'm glad 

 
(faster) 
          Bb 
Today I'm glad 
            F 
And all the bad times 
     Bb     F 
Seem almost worth it 
             Bb               F 
Because they got me where I'm at 
    Bb              F 
And where I'm at is pretty good 
        Bb    F 
And I'm glad 
          Bb         F 
Today I'm glad, yeah 
          Bb   F 
Today I'm glad 
         D C    G 
Today I'm...I'm glad 

Solo D C   G    X5 

Verse 4: 
(still fast) 
     G 
In a lifetime 
    D      C      G 
You take a lot of shit 
D         C      G 
 Put in a lot of hours 
D         C           G 
 A lot of things turn sour 

Verse 5:
     G 
In a lifetime 
D         C           G 
 A lot of things come natural 
D         C             G 
 A lot of things not so natural 
D         C            G 
 A lot of things never come. 

Verse 6:
                G 
But what we got here 
D        C           G 
 Doesn't happen very often 
      D        C           G 
No it, doesn't happen very often 
D     C      G 
 What we got here 
D     C      G 
 What we got here 

Interlude 
 G %  G7 %  Dm  

 
(slower) 
             Bb    F 
Nothing ever lasts 
         Bb                F 
Take the past for instance 
              Bb   F 
It's dead and gone 
                  Bb   F 
Nothing lasts for long 
              Bb    F 
But today I'm glad 
          Bb   F 
Today I'm glad   (X4) 
          Bb         F 
Today I'm glad, yeah 
          Bb   F 
Today I'm glad 

 
(gradually faster) 
          Bb 
Today I'm glad 
           F            Bb        F 
And though tomorrow may be really lousy 
    Bb         F 
And I may feel really crummy 
Bb                          F 
Tomorrow is not today and i feel okay 
     Bb   F 
I am glad 
          Bb   F 
Today I'm glad 
          Bb   F 
Today I'm glad 

 Bb    F  

Bb         F           
Glad, glad Glad, glad  X3 
Bb          F 
Happy, glad happy, glad  X2 
Bb         F 
Glad happy Happy glad 
Bb         F 
Happy Glad happy oh, oh 
          Bb    F 
Today I'm glad 
          Bb          F 
Today I'm glad, yeah, really 
          Bb    F 
Today I'm glad 
       Bb   F  G7 
Really glad 

Outro  
(slow) 
     G            D      C      G 
In a lifetime you wear a lot of socks

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