Standard (EADGBE)

Well after all these years of runnin' around

Always flyin' high and fallin' down

I gotta get back to the way I was

gonna turn it all around just because

Everybody's talkin about the shape I'm in

They say boy you aint a poet just a drunk with a pen

All over and over, again and again

Lord they don't know about the places I been

It gets hard out here, I know it don't look it

I used to have heart, but the highway took it

The game was right, but the deal was crooked

Lord I'll make it perfectly clear

It gets hard out here!

I guess there must be somethin' - that I'm missin'

My momma told me, I should've gone - easy listenin

Joined up with a band, cuz I thought it was cool

Lord good Lord, I should have gone back to school

Oh pretty darlin it'll be ok,

You know one of these days, I'm gonna take you away

She said, Oh sweet daddy. You're probably right.

You know we might get lucky, but it won't be tonight

It gets hard out here, I know it don't look it

I used to have heart, but the highway took it

The game was right, but the deal was crooked

Lord I'll make it perfectly clear

It gets hard out here..

I know it don't seem it

I said I'd try, but I never did mean it

Nobody's listening, we might as well scream it

Oh God we're all out of beer!

It gets hard out here!