Swore I was gonna ^A#tell 'em the ^Ftruth ^DmThat was til ^Ceverybody started ^A#asking 'bout ^Fyou And I ^Dmdidn’t know what to ^Csay Came up with some ^A#lame excuse ^FWhy you were gone ^DmSaid you were gonna come ^Clater on ^A#Planted a smile ^Fon my face ^DmLike everything was ^Cokay

I was ^A#hanging around, ^Frocking the crowd Everybody ^Dmsinging along to my ^Csongs ^A#Taking my shots, ^Fthrowing them back ^DmActing like you ain’t ^Cgone But I don’t ^A#want em to know ^FI’m all alone And ^DmI ain’t got ^Cnobody I don’t ^A#want em to see I'm ^Fdying inside So I ^Dmguess I’ll be the ^Clife Life of the party ^A# ^F ^Dm ^C

And then ^A#one of your ^Ffriends Came ^Dmup and ^Cgave me a hug and ^A#asked me how we’ve ^Fbeen I ^Dmsmiled and said we’re better than we’ve ^Cever been Well I ^A#don’t know why I had to ^Flie Guess I ^Dmdidn’t wanna tell her that you ^Csaid goodbye ^A#I couldn’t even look er in the ^Feye ^Dm ^CSo I kept on…

I was ^A#hanging around, ^Frocking the crowd Everybody ^Dmsinging along to my ^Csongs ^A#Taking my shots, ^Fthrowing them back ^DmActing like you ain’t ^Cgone But I don’t ^A#want em to know ^FI’m all alone And ^DmI ain’t got ^Cnobody I don’t ^A#want em to see I'm ^Fdying inside So I ^Dmguess I’ll be the ^Clife Life of the party ^A# ^F ^Dm ^C

^A#Everybody thinkin I’m ^Ffeelin good ^DmEverybody thinkin I’m havin a ^Creal good time ^A#Don’t know the ^Ftruth about ^Cyou and ^DmI

I was ^A#hanging around, ^Frocking the crowd Everybody ^Dmsinging along to my ^Csongs ^A#Taking my shots, ^Fthrowing them back ^DmActing like you ain’t ^Cgone But I don’t ^A#want em to know ^FI’m all alone And ^DmI ain’t got ^Cnobody I don’t ^A#want em to see I'm ^Fdying inside So I ^Dmguess I’ll be the ^Clife Life of the party ^A# ^F ^Dm ^C So I ^Dmguess I’ll be the ^Clife Life of the party ^A# ^F ^Dm ^C

Swore I was gonna ^A#tell em the ^Ftruth But I ^Dmdidn’t know what to ^Csay

Jake Owen - Life of the party