Chords for Hayes Carll Hard Out Here

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After all these years of running around, [G] all this flying high and falling down, [A] I gotta
get back to the way I [G] was.
[F#] Gonna [G] turn around, [A] darling, just _ [D] because.
And _ everybody's talking about the shape I'm in.
[G] They say, boy, you ain't a poet, just a drunk with a pen.
[A] [D] Over and over, [A] again and again.
[G] Lord, they don't know [A] about the places I've been.
[D] It gets hard [Bm] out here.
[D] I know it, don't [G] look it.
I used to have heart, but [C] the [G] highway took [A] it.
The game was right, but the deal was crooked.
[G] Lord, make it [A] perfectly clear, it gets [D] hard [G] out here.
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_ [D] Oh, I guess there must be [G] something [D] I'm [G] missing.
My mama told me I should have gone into easy listening.
[A] Joined up with a band, thus I thought it was cool.
[G] Oh, probably should have [Am] just [A] gone back to school.
[D] Oh, pretty darling, it'll be okay.
You [G] know, one of these days I'm gonna take you away.
She [A] said, oh, sweet daddy, you're probably right.
You [G] know, we might get [E] lucky, [A] but it won't be [D]
tonight.
It gets hard out here.
I know it, don't look it.
[G] I used to have heart, but the highway took it.
[A] The game was right, but the deal was crooked.
[G] Lord, make it perfectly [A] clear, it gets [D] hard out here.
I know it, don't [G] seem it.
I said I'd try, but I never did mean it.
[A] _ Nobody's listening, so we might as well scream it.
[C#] [C] Oh, [G] God, we're all out [A] of beer.
It gets hard [D] out here. _ _ _
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