D                     F        
I once knew a man who learned such a thing
C                             D
Cut off his hand to spite his ring
D                    F        
He poisoned the well to spite the frogs
C                D
Put down his son to spite the dog
D                    F        
He cut out his sleep to spite his dreams
C                      D
Picked all the flowers to spite the bees
D                      F        
He burned his bible to spite the Lord
C                                   D
Took a day off to lick his wounds I heard him swear, 
D                     F        
"Life is such a wretched affair
C                        D
I'm gonna hold my breath to spite the air"


[Verse 2]

D                     F        
He drained the canal to spite the fish
C                             D
Flooded the land to spite the bridge
D                     F        
He dug up the hills to spite the sky
C                             D
Tore out his tongue to spite the lies
D                     F        
He cut down the trees to spite the shade
C                             D
Laid her to rest to spite the life they'd made
D                     F        
He burned his his bible to spite the Lord
C                             D
Took a day off to lick his wounds I heard him swear, 
D               F        
"Life is such a cursed affair
C                       
I'm gonna hold my breath, No, I'm gonna stop breathing                        
             D
To spite the air"