Chords for Drew Baldridge - Tough People (Lyrics)
Tempo:
74.7 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
G#
A#m
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G#]
[C#] [C#]
[D#] A tornado tore through a Midwest town, wasn't nothing in its path it didn't take down.
in a ball field, then they rebuilt.
[D#] She was four years old when they got the news.
lungs, it was stage two.
head.
times she could have gave up, [F#] but she didn't.
[C#] [C#]
[D#] A tornado tore through a Midwest town, wasn't nothing in its path it didn't take down.
in a ball field, then they rebuilt.
[D#] She was four years old when they got the news.
lungs, it was stage two.
head.
times she could have gave up, [F#] but she didn't.
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[D#] _ _ _ _ _ A tornado tore through a Midwest town, wasn't nothing in its path it didn't take down.
Set the Baptist church in a ball field, then they rebuilt.
[C#] Talk about tough people.
[D#] _ She was four years old when they got the news.
It was in her little lungs, it was stage two.
Mama spent every night by her bed and daddy shaved his head.
Talk about tough people.
_ [D#m] There were plenty of times she could have gave up, [F#] but she didn't.
_ [D#m] She fought like hell till she rang that bell and then fenced.
[C#] The Lord out _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] there, the Lord.
_ [F#] Keep going when it don't seem [G#] fair.
Keep on fighting when he bangs [F#] against the wall.
Keep on getting back up [G#] when you fall.
Keep on keeping your head [A#m] held high, cuz I still [C#] _ [F#]
believe.
Hard work pays off, good beats evil, and tough times [C#] make tough people.
_ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _
_ _ It's a single mom working two jobs a day, and a farmer barely getting by needing rain.
[F#] It's a grandma waiting tables working through the pain.
It's a cop on a call running in, gunned down, cuz a shooter's in the schoolhouse [C#] all day.
The Lord out _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] there, the Lord.
_ _ [F#] Keep going when it don't seem [G#] fair.
Keep on fighting when he bangs [F#] against the wall.
Keep on getting back [D#] up when you fall.
[G#] Keep on keeping your head held high, cuz [A#m] I [C#] still [F#] believe.
_ Hard work pays off, [A#] good beats evil, [C#] and tough times make tough people. _ _ _
[F#] Oh, tough people.
[A#m] _ _ [C#] _
Yeah.
_ He was dog tags, boots, and army green.
Shipped off somewhere to keep us all free.
Came back in a box with a flag on it.
[F#] It's home, don't it?
_ _ [C#] Talk about tough people.
_ _ _ Man, talk about some [C#] tough people.
Hey!
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] The Lord out _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] there, the Lord.
_ _ [F#] Keep going when it don't seem [A#m] fair, but I still _ [F#] _ believe.
Hard work pays off, good beats [C#] evil, and tough times make tough people. _
_ _ [F#] _ Yeah, sure makes some [C#] tough people.
[G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ A tornado tore through a Midwest town, wasn't nothing in its path it didn't take down.
Set the Baptist church in a ball field, then they rebuilt.
[C#] Talk about tough people.
[D#] _ She was four years old when they got the news.
It was in her little lungs, it was stage two.
Mama spent every night by her bed and daddy shaved his head.
Talk about tough people.
_ [D#m] There were plenty of times she could have gave up, [F#] but she didn't.
_ [D#m] She fought like hell till she rang that bell and then fenced.
[C#] The Lord out _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] there, the Lord.
_ [F#] Keep going when it don't seem [G#] fair.
Keep on fighting when he bangs [F#] against the wall.
Keep on getting back up [G#] when you fall.
Keep on keeping your head [A#m] held high, cuz I still [C#] _ [F#]
believe.
Hard work pays off, good beats evil, and tough times [C#] make tough people.
_ _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _
_ _ It's a single mom working two jobs a day, and a farmer barely getting by needing rain.
[F#] It's a grandma waiting tables working through the pain.
It's a cop on a call running in, gunned down, cuz a shooter's in the schoolhouse [C#] all day.
The Lord out _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] there, the Lord.
_ _ [F#] Keep going when it don't seem [G#] fair.
Keep on fighting when he bangs [F#] against the wall.
Keep on getting back [D#] up when you fall.
[G#] Keep on keeping your head held high, cuz [A#m] I [C#] still [F#] believe.
_ Hard work pays off, [A#] good beats evil, [C#] and tough times make tough people. _ _ _
[F#] Oh, tough people.
[A#m] _ _ [C#] _
Yeah.
_ He was dog tags, boots, and army green.
Shipped off somewhere to keep us all free.
Came back in a box with a flag on it.
[F#] It's home, don't it?
_ _ [C#] Talk about tough people.
_ _ _ Man, talk about some [C#] tough people.
Hey!
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] The Lord out _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] there, the Lord.
_ _ [F#] Keep going when it don't seem [A#m] fair, but I still _ [F#] _ believe.
Hard work pays off, good beats [C#] evil, and tough times make tough people. _
_ _ [F#] _ Yeah, sure makes some [C#] tough people.
[G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _