SOMETIMES LIFE ISN'T EASY - Mew
transcribed by Rasmus Sylvester Bryder
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Every time a "-" appears after a chord, repeat the previous chord on the next beat.
Every time chords appear in parantheses together, they are played during the same beat.

I hope that you know the song before deciding to give this a go, because playing a song
by Mew isn't easy either. Someday I may put up a score for this one, but for now, just chords.
The note sequences denoted by "melodies" are for keyboards, not vocals.

INTRO
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(2/2:) D | C#m

Melody: c# d c# b      c# b a#   c# f#
(3/2:)  Dmaj7   D6 - | D#m     -       - |

THEME 1 (at 0:12)
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Melody:  c  d           e     e   e      d(*) b       
        (C5 G) | (2/2:) Fmaj7 - | Fmaj7 (G    Em/a) | 

Melody:                 c   c     c    e     d    b     b   b  (repeat over vocals)
                 (2/2:) Dm7 -   | Dm7 (Fmaj7 G) | Cmaj7 - | Cmaj7                   |

(*) actually, it is both a and d being played here, d on top.

C5        G       Fmaj7
No, don't cry for me
G     Em/a    Dm7
Celebrate el sueño
    Fmaj7 G     Cmaj7
The way   it operates
C5        G       Fmaj7
No, don't cry for me
G     Em/a    Dm7
Celebrate el sueño
    Fmaj7   G      Cmaj7...
The way it oughta be

(C5 G)
(2/2:) Fmaj7 - | Fmaj7 (G Em/a) | Dm7 - | Dm7 (Fmaj7 G) | 
(4/4:) Cmaj7   | Cmaj7          |

THEME 2 (at 1:11)
4/4 all the way through, baby.
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Gmaj9                         | Gmaj9     | Gmaj9 |
Thinking about everything
Cmaj9                         | Cmaj9     | Cmaj9 |
Why did you stop?
Bm7                           | Bm7       |
You don't know what it's like
Gmaj9                         | Gmaj9     |
Isn't that how it goes
Am9                           | Am9       |
When you're lovesick?
B7sus2/f#                     | B7sus2/f# |
Thinking about everything

THEME 3 (at 1:43)
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Melody:        e e c#   a          e     c#
        (4/4:) A -    - - | (2/4:) C#m -    |

Melody:        c#    e c#            e      e c# e
        (4/4:) F#m -   -  - | (4/4:) C#m/g# -    - - |

Melody:        g# a     a          a g#
        (4/4:) D  - - -   | (2/4:) D C#m |


(4/4:) A 
         Don't you know sometimes when it
(2/4:) C#m        | (4/4:) F#m     | C#m/g#
       feels like |        someone | put a hex on you?

(4/4:) D | (2/4:) D C#m |

(4/4:) A 
         Well, I felt like that, I was 
(2/4:) C#m         | (4/4:) F#m          | C#m/g#
       blaming my- |        -self, I was | cushioning my fall

(4/4:) D | (2/4:) D C#m |


(4/4:) A                           | (2/4:) C#m
       Hold my arms back when they |        beat me
(4/4:) F#m             | C#m/a           C#m/g#
       Leave me in the | ditch when they kick me
(4/4:) D                      | D
       Sever my limbs and de- | -ceive me
(4/4): A/e                      E
       Sometimes | life isn't easy

CHORUS (at 2:34)
(in 4/4)
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A             C#m
  Here we go,     here we go
F#m
  I'm surprised in you
C#m
  Here we go home
A
  Beside you
C#m/e
  And like you
F#m  
  I'm lost in your doubt
C#m/e
  Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling

THEME 3 again (at 2:53)
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(4/4:) A                 | (2/4:) C#m       | (4/4:) F#m     | C#m/g#
       Hold my arms back |        when they |        beat me | 
(4/4:) D              | (2/4:) D C#m |
      (I promise you)
(4/4:) A 
         Don't you know sometimes when you
(2/4:) C#m          | (4/4:) F#m  | C#m/g#                 | (6/4:) D
       can't see no |        end  | to the tricks we play? | 
(4/4): A/e                      E
       Sometimes | life isn't easy

CHORUS (at 3:20)
(in 4/4)
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A             C#m
  Here we go,     here we go
F#m
  I'm surprised in you
C#m
  Here we go home
A
  Beside you
C#m/e
  And like you
F#m                         C#m/e
  I'm lost in your doubt

A             C#m
  Here we go,     here we go
F#m
  I'm surprised in you
C#m
  Here we go home
A
  Beside you
C#m/e
  And like you
F#m  
  I'm lost in your doubt
C#m/e
  Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling

ENDING (at 3:57)
(in 6/8)
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(rubato for a few seconds on F#m.. leading to:)


Melody:       b   a   f#     e   a
        A - - - - - | Bm - - - - - |

Melody: f#     c#   b   a f#         d
        A  - - -  - - | D -  - - - -   |

Melody: c#      a f#       d c#   g f# 
        F#m - -   Bm - - | G -  - - -  - | F#m |

(same rhythm as above:)

A         Bm       A 
   Safety net, I regret
     D
I am shaky
    F#m      Bm
(We know you are)
G            F#m
I am shaking

A         Bm       A 
   Safety net, I regret
     D
I am shaky
    F#m      Bm
(We know you are)
G            F#m
I am shaking