0Verse: E0 A1 1 Drag myself from my bed F#m2 B3 2 Around 20 past 6 E4 A5 3Get my kids up make breakfast F#m6 B7 41 egg 2 toast 3 weetabix E8 A9 5and as i sit down i look up F#m10 B11 6and your standing in the doorway sun at your back A12 7in my old brown dressing gown F#m13 B14 8Well no one can love you more than i love you now, but i 9 10 E15 A16 11Gotta go running for the bus F#m17 B18 12Coat flying and i try not to miss it this time E19 A20 13but the drivers waiting and thats strange F#m21 B22 14kids on the top deck quiet for a change E23 A24 15and theres no rain and no roadworks in the F#m25 B26 A27 16bus lane and all my hurts run away B28 17and im smiling as im punching in 18 19Chorus: E29 B30 A31 B32 20the day i died was the best day of my life E33 B34 A35 B36 21the day i died was the best day of my life E37 B38 22tell my friends and my kids and my wife A39 B40 23everything will be alright E41 B42 A43 B44 24the day i died was the best day of my life 25 26 27-next Verses have the same chord pattern as the first one- 28 29Verse: 30now the secretaries they got a smile for me 31and the intray on my desks almost empty 32I get a memo from executive joe 33saying Rob the gob is getting kicked out 34for embezzling funds from the company account 35and id be lying if i said i wasnt chuffed 36cos i always hated rob 37and now they'll probbaly offer me robs old job 38 39Verse: 40and in the park at lunch 41theres no whinos on my favourite bench 42none of that drunk chatter none of that pissy stench 43and the 20 little piegeons with the gammy leg 44decide to dine from someone elses sandwich instead 45and theres something about the city today 46like all the colours conspire to overwhelm the grey 47and this close to the fire i can feel no cold 48but a rainbow halo around my soul 49 50Chorus: E45 B46 A47 B48 51the day i died was the best day of my life E49 B50 A51 B52 52the day i died was the best day of my life E53 B54 53tell my friends and my kids and my wife A55 B56 54everything will be alright E57 B58 A59 B60 55the day i died was the best day of my life 56 57Bridge: Dm61 F62 58so i leave work get to the high street and i miss my bus C63 G64 59should i wait for another no i cant be arsed Dm65 60i begin to walk F66 C67 61and rush hour crowd seem to part like the red sea G68 62and im stopping at the offy Dm69 F70 6320 cigerettes and a 6 pack to relax me C71 64and as i cross back over the street G72 65i guess i never saw that taxi 66 67Interlude: chords from Bridge 68 69Outro: E73 B74 A75 B76 70the day i died was the best day of my life E77 B78 A79 B80 71the day i died was the best day of my life E81 B82 72tell my friends and my kids and my wife A83 B84 73everything will be alright E85 B86 A87 B88 74the day i died was the best day of my life 75 76 E89 B90 A91 B92 77now i got 99 red ballons floating in the summer sky E93 B94 A95 B96 78i got 99 red ballons drifiting past my dreamy eyes E97 B98 A99 B100 79i got 99 red ballons floating in the summer sky E101 B102 A103 B104 80i got 99 red ballons drfting past my dying eyes