EWell (022100@1)after all these years of runnin' around
AAlways (x02220@1)flyin' high and fallin' down
BI (x2444x@1)gotta get back to the way I was
A (x02220@1)                B7 (x21202@1)  
gonna turn it all around just because

EEverybody's (022100@1)talkin about the shape I'm in
         A (x02220@1)They say boy you aint a poet just a drunk with a pen
BAll (x2444x@1)over and over, again and again
A (x02220@1)                           B7Lord (x21202@1)they don't know about the places I been
        EIt (022100@1)gets hard out here, I know it don't look it
AI (x02220@1)used to have heart, but the highway took it
BThe (x2444x@1)game was right, but the deal was crooked
A (x02220@1)                          B7 (x21202@1)Lord I'll make it perfectly clear
                EIt (022100@1)gets hard out here!

EI (022100@1)guess there must be somethin' - that I'm missin'
AMy (x02220@1)momma told me, I should've gone - easy listenin
BJoined (x2444x@1)up with a band, cuz I thought it was cool
A (x02220@1)                          B7 (x21202@1)           
Lord good Lord, I should have gone back to school

EOh (022100@1)pretty darlin it'll be ok, 
         A (x02220@1)                                            
You know one of these days, I'm gonna take you away
          B (x2444x@1)       
She said, Oh sweet daddy. You're probably right.
A (x02220@1)                                 B7 (x21202@1)        
You know we might get lucky, but it won't be tonight
        EIt (022100@1)gets hard out here, I know it don't look it
AI (x02220@1)used to have heart, but the highway took it
BThe (x2444x@1)game was right, but the deal was crooked
A (x02220@1)                          B7 (x21202@1)Lord I'll make it perfectly clear
                
                 EIt (022100@1)gets hard out here..
EI (022100@1)know it don't seem it
A (x02220@1)                     
I said I'd try, but I never did mean it
BNobody's (x2444x@1)listening, we might as well scream it
A (x02220@1)                     B7 (x21202@1)
Oh God we're all out of beer!
                 EIt (022100@1)gets hard out here!