Intro: C Dm C/E F Am G C
Verse 1:
C
Ron from Houston, Texas
F C
Spent three years fightin' ALS
C/E
If you knew all that he's been through
G
You'd hardly say he's blessed
C C/E
But smilin' through a phone call
C
He said 'Let me tell you, friend
C/E G
This life ain't always wonderful
F C
But what a wonderful life it's been'
F
It'll send you flyin' high
It'll bring you to your knees
C
It's the heartbreak and the happiness
G
And everything between
F
It's the laugh until it hurts
It's the hurt until you cry
C
Can't have one without the other
G
It's how you know that you're alive
C Dm
In this broken and beautiful
C/E F
Gone mad and magical
Am G C
Awfully, wonderful life
Verse 2:
C
It's a mountain and a valley
F C
It's a cradle and a gravе
C/E
It's a blessing and a battle
G
And it's on any given day
C C/E
It's mеssy and imperfect
F C
It's a thief and it's a gift
C/E G
Yeah, this life ain't always wonderful
F C
But what a wonderful life it is
F
It'll send you flyin' high
It'll bring you to your knees
C
It's the heartbreak and the happiness
G
And everything between
F
It's the laugh until it hurts
It's the hurt until you cry
C
Can't have one without the other
G
It's how you know that you're alive
C Dm
In this broken and beautiful
C/E F
Gone mad and magical
Am G C
Awfully, wonderful life
Pre-Chorus
C G
This wonderful life
F C G
It's a wonderful life
Bridge:
C
Ron went home to Jesus
F C
Got the call the other day
C/E
I sat and cried and thought about
G
The words I heard him say
C C/E
'I know there is a Heaven
F C
Waitin' for us after this
C/E G
This life ain't always wonderful
F C
But this life ain't all there is
Am G
No, this life ain't always wonderful
F C
But this life ain't all there is'
F
So, let it send you flyin' high
Let it bring me to my knees
C
Bring the heartbreak and the happiness
G
And everything between
F
Let me laugh until it hurts
Let me hurt until I cry
C
And when it comes my time to go
G
I'll smile and wave goodbye
C Dm
To this broken and beautiful
C/E F
Gone mad and magical
Am G F
Awfully, wonderful life
Final:
C Dm
It's a broken and beautiful
C/E F
Gone mad and magical
Am G C
Awfully wonderful life