F  C
Where did everybody go
          F           G
After the ride had ended?
                    F         C
At the death of the last note
               F       G      C
The halls were already empty


[Chorus]
          Am        C          F
Nobody is safe from heartache

We handle what we're given
                    Am      C          F
But to stand in the face of heartache
                 C               F
Maybe that's the hardest part of living


[Interlude]
C  F  C  F  C  F  C


[Verse 2]
              F  C
Down Highway 51
             F                   G
Mississippi, Nineteen Sixty-Four
                     F         G
The day you gave away someone
          F                 G    C
Lost to a different kind of war


[Chorus]
          Am        C          F
Nobody is safe from heartache

We handle what we're given
                    Am      C                F
But to stand in the face of heartache, yeah
                 C               Am            G
Maybe that's the hardest part of living, yeah


[Bridge]
           Am                     C
All decked out in your camouflage paint
Am                        F
Stalking a ghost you will never escape
           G                        C
There's no shortcut detour around disaster
        N.C.
To gain the things that matter____
        F           C
Not the things that matter


[Verse 3]
                         F    C
Early morning, desperate call
          F             G
You never had a chance
                    F                G
The first hand that broke your fall
        F          G      C
He only wanted one dance


[Chorus]
          Am        C          F
Nobody is safe from heartache

We handle what we're given
                    Am      C          F
But to stand in the face of heartache
                 C               F
Maybe that's the hardest part of living