Just Not Coping    Eric Bogle

I'm glad that you can't see me, (F)darling, (G)
I'm glad you didn't write or (C)call,
You would have seen how much I'm (F)changing, (G)
I'm just not coping well at (C)all.
Sorry if I hurt you, (F)darling, (G)
But that´s the way the dice (C)fall,
(Em) In a spin with the devil (Am)driving, (G)
I'm just not coping well at (C)all. (hold)

They tell me life begins at (F)forty, (G)
Well, if that's true, I hope time (C)crawls,
For on the downward slide from (F)thirty (G)
I'm just not coping well at (C)all.
Dreams all gone and lovers (F)leaving, (G)
Battles lost beyond re(C)call,
(Em) No heroes left I can be(Am)lieve in, (G)
I'm just not coping well at (C)all.

(F) Look at my life, it's turning a(C)way from me
And I've not be(G)come the man that I once (C)hoped I'd be.
(F) Look at my life, it's just an (C)empty sham,
All that (G)trouble and pain just to be (C)what I am. (hold)

The house is quiet since you (F)left me, (G)
There's no love within its (C)walls,
Only the lonesome sound of (F)empty (G)
Into the silence (C)falls.
Other men can lose their (F)lovers, (G)
Bounce back like a rubber (C)ball,
(Em) I'm just not like those (Am)others, (G)
I'm just not coping well at (C)all.

(F) Look at my life, it's turning a(C)way from me
And I've not be(G)come the man that I once (C)hoped I'd be.
(F) Look at my life, it's just an (C)empty sham,
All that (G)trouble and pain just to be (C)what I am. (hold)

The house is quiet since you (F)left me, (G)
There's no love within its (C)walls,
Only the lonesome sound of (F)empty (G)
Into the silence (C)falls.
Other men can lose their (F)lovers, (G)
Bounce back like a rubber (C)ball,
(Em) I'm just not like those (Am)others, (G)
I'm just not coping well at (C)all.
(Em) I'm just not like those (Am)others, (G) (hold)
I'm just not coping well at (C)all.

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