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D      G
G       D
D      G

[Verse]
        G                                   D
Is your heart beating hard when you see the lawman
       D                              G
Do you feel like you've run your last mile
            G                                    D
When you're out in the cold with the blue lights flashin'™
          D                        G      G7
Something waits at the end of your trial

[Chorus]
  C
A short life of trouble
      G
And a long time being wrong
  G    G            D    G
A hard life makes a good song
  G    G            D    G
A hard life makes a good song

[Break]
G       D
D      G
G       D
D      G

[Verse]
         G                                   D
Does she take all you give, just to call her baby
        D                         G
And you know she's just playing a game
         G                            D
When you lay in your bed with one eye open
          D                        G
Something waits at the end of your pain

[Chorus]
  C
A short life of trouble
      G
And a long time being wrong
  G    G            D    G
A hard life makes a good song
  G    G            D    G
A hard life makes a good song

[Break]
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D      G
G       D
D      G

C
  G
G  G   D  G
G  G   D  G

[Verse]
            G                                D
When you're singing your song and you really mean it
          D                      G
There's a power in what you have said
       G                                D
If the words that they hear have them believin'™
     D                              G
Everyone in the room will nod their head

[Chorus]
  C
A short life of trouble
      G
And a long time being wrong
  G    G            D    G
A hard life makes a good song
  G    G            D    G
A hard life makes a good song
           G    G            D    G
You know a hard life makes a good song

[Outro]
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D      G       G