Hard Out Here

[E]Well after all these years of runnin' around
[A]Always flyin' high and fallin' down
[B]I gotta get back to the way I was
[A]gonna turn it all a[B7]round just because

[E]Everybody's talkin about the shape I'm in
They say [A]boy you aint a poet just a drunk with a pen
[B]All over and over, again and again
[A]Lord they don't know about the[B7] places I been
It gets [E]hard out here, I know it don't look it
[A]I used to have heart, but the highway took it
[B]The game was right, but the deal was crooked
[A]Lord I'll make it perfectly c[B7]lear
It gets hard out[E] here!

[E]I guess there must be somethin' - that I'm missin'
[A]My momma told me, I should've gone - easy listenin
[B]Joined up with a band, cuz I thought it was cool
[A]Lord good Lord, I should have[B7] gone back to school

[E]Oh pretty darlin it'll be ok,
You know [A]one of these days, I'm gonna take you away
She said, [B]Oh sweet daddy. You're probably right.
[A]You know we might get lucky, but it [B7]won't be tonight
It gets [E]hard out here, I know it don't look it
[A]I used to have heart, but the highway took it
[B]The game was right, but the deal was crooked
[A]Lord I'll make it perfectly c[B7]lear

It gets hard out [E]here..
[E]I know it don't seem it
[A]I said I'd try, but I never did mean it
[B]Nobody's listening, we might as well scream it
[A]Oh God we're all out of [B7]beer!
It gets hard out [E]here!