G   C   D   G   C   D

[Verse]
G                        C                     D
You save your money boy, bought you some shoes
G                          C               D
The highway called and you heard it's cue
G                  C               D
I know you thought you had it beat
C                           D
But now you're leaving on a one way street

G    C    D

[Chorus]
C                 D                                G
It's a hard, hard lesson, but you're gonna have to learn it
C                D                    G
It's a long cold swim  up against the current
C                  D                         G       C
Somewhere down the line you're gonna have to turn it around
C         D                  G      C     D     G     C     D
Boy right now you're nowhere bound

[Verse]
G                    C       D
Her words still echo in your mind
G                    C         D
But fade away as you cross the county line
G                    C           D
Running from trouble or from the truth
C                        D
It doesn't matter either way you lose

[Chorus]
C                 D                                G
It's a hard, hard lesson, but you're gonna have to learn it
C                D                   G
It's a long cold swim up against the current
C                  D                         G       C
Somewhere down the line you're gonna have to turn it around
C         D                  C    D    C    D    C     D     G
Boy right now you're nowhere bound

[Bridge]
D                 C                      D
Well you walk ten miles just to make new tracks
                        C                           D
But you turn around and find that it's twenty miles back
                     Em                    C
And it's never gonna change if you keep on leaving
D
Your heart's gonna break, but never break even

[Verse]
G             C            D
Where to now, do you know?
G                              C                      D
One thing's for certain, gonna reap just what you sow
G                       C                  D
And all you planted was heartache and pain
C                                D
Don't look now but it looks like rain

[Chorus]
C                 D                                G
It's a hard, hard lesson, but you're gonna have to learn it
C                D                    G
It's a long cold swim  up against the current
C                  D                         G       C
Somewhere down the line you're gonna have to turn it around
D                            G      C     D
Boy right now you're nowhere bound