"WELCOMETO MY LIFE" Simple Plan

As heard on Still Not Getti ng Any... (LAVA)

Words and Music by Simple Plan Transcribed by Jeff Perrin
Do you ever feel like breaking down, do you ever feel out of place
Like somehow you just don't belo ng and no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away, do you lock yourse lf in your room
Wit h the radio on turned up so loud that no one hears you screaming

Are you stu ck inside a world you hate, are you sick of everyone around
With the big fake sm iles and stupid lies while deep inside you're bleeding

pre-chorus :
No, you don't know what it's like when noth ing feels all right
You don't know what it's like to be like me

No one ever lies straight to your face and no one ever stab bed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted, you never had to work, it was always t here
You don't know what it's like, what it's like

chorus:
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down, to feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down and no one 's there to save you
No, you don't know what it's like, welcome to my life

To be kicked when you 're down, to feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down and no one's there to save you
No, you don't know what it's like

Do you wanna be somebody else, are you sick of feeling so left out
Are you desperate to find something more before your life is over

Welcome to my life, welcome to my life

pre -chorus, chorus

To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark

chorus

All guita rs are tuned down one half step (low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) .
Bass tuning (low to high): Eb Ab Db Gb.
All notes and chords sound one half step lower than written (key of Db ).

Chord shapes for Gtrs . 1 and 5 (capo second fret)

D
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Bm
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All chord shapes and tablature pos itions for Gtrs. 1 and 5 are relative to the capo; chord names in brackets refer to the capoed chord
shapes throughout .

Chor d shapes for Gtrs . 2, 3 and 4 (no capo)

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85
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134

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Do you everfeel like breakingdown...

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end Rhy. Fig. I

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let ring throughout

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A5

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85

Gtr. I repeats Rhy. Fig. I (see meas. I)

Gtr . 2 (elec. w/dis t.)

end Rhy. Fig. 2

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"WELCOMETO MY LIFE"
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[] 1st and

2n d Choruses (0:33, 1:32)

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to feel lost...

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"WELCOMETO MY LIFE"
(m 2nd Verse (0:58)
want to besomebodyelse...
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(211dtime) go back to pre-chorus

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Substitute Bass Fill 1 second time (see next pagt

Gtr. 1 pla ys Rhy. Fig. I tw ice (Jeemeas. 1)

Gtr. 2 plays Rhy. Fig. 2 twice (see meas . 5)

20 s3:5s

[E)Bridge (1:59)

[ID(1:54)

Nooneever lies straight .to your face...

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to feel lost...
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"WELCOMETO MY LIFE"
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4th Chorus (2:44)

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life. . .

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Fill I (1:18)
Gtr . 4 (w/clean lone and chorus effecl)

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Rhy. Fill 3 (1:29)

Bass Fill l (1:18)

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