Verse
B A#
I was listening to the voices of death on parade
A E
Singin' about conspiracy, wanting me to be afraid
Em6 B
Working for a system I couldn't understand or trust
F#sus4 F#
Suffering ridicule and wanting to give it all up in disgust.
[Chorus]
B E B
But you changed my life
B E F#
Came along in a time of strife
E B
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
B F# B
You changed my life.
[Verse 2]
B A#
Talk about salvation, people suddenly get tired
A E
They got a million things to do, they're all so inspired
Em6 B
You do the work of the devil, you got a million friends
F#sus4 F#
They'll be there when you got something, they'll take it all in the end
[Chorus]
B E B
But you changed my life
B E F#
Came along in a time of strife
E B
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
B F# B
You changed my life.
[Verse 3]
B A#
Well, the nature of man is to beg and to steal
A E
I do it myself, it's not so unreal
Em6 B
The call of the wild is forever at my door
F#sus4 F#
Wants me to fly like an eagle while being chained to the floor
[Chorus]
B E B
But you changed my life
B E F#
Came along in a time of strife
E B
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
B F# B
You changed my life.
[Verse 4]
B A#
I was eating with the pigs off a fancy tray
A E
I was told i was looking good and to have a nice day
Em6 B
It all seemed so proper, it all seemed so elite
F#sus4 F#
Eating that absolute garbage while being so discreet
[Chorus]
B E B
But you changed my life
B E F#
Came along in a time of strife
E B
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
B F# B
You changed my life.
[Verse 5]
B A#
You were glowing in the sun while being peaceably calm
A E
While orphans of man danced to the beat of the palm
Em6 B
Your eyes were on fire, your feet were of brass
F#sus4 F#
In the world you had made they made you an outcast
[Chorus]
B E B
But you changed my life
B E F#
Came along in a time of strife
E B
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
B F# B
You changed my life.
[Verse 6]
B A#
There was someone in my body that I could hardly see
A E
Invading my privacy making my decisions for me
Em6 B
Holding me back, not letting me stand
F#sus4 F#
Making me feel like a stranger in a strange land
[Chorus]
B E B
But you changed my life
B E F#
Came along in a time of strife
E B
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
B F# B
You changed my life.
[Verse 7]
B A#
My Lord and my Savior, my companion, my friend
A E
Heart fixer, mind regulator, true to the end
Em6 B
My creator, my comforter, my cause for joy
F#sus4 F#
What the world is set against but will never destroy
[Chorus]
B E B
But you changed my life
B E F#
Came along in a time of strife
E B
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
B F# B
You changed my life.