G
She might have been a nice girl
Gsus4/A
If she hadn't had a draggy mother
G
She might have been a good chick
Gsus4/A
If she hadn't had a rotten father
G
She might have played the right hunch
Gsus4/A
If she hadn't been so narrow-minded
G
She might have had a whole bunch
Gsus4/A
If she hadn't been so far behind it
[Chorus]
F
Oh does it hurt when you know
C G
You can't play it the way that your beau knows
F
Oh does it hurt when you know
C G
You can't say it the way that your beau knows
F C G
And you know that that's the way that the show goes
Am Em
And you know it really has to go on
[Verse 2]
G
She drank the army's red wine
Gsus4/A
But she never found a moment's pleasure
G
She smelled the salty sea brine
Gsus4/A
But she never found the buried treasure
G
She might have played the chords right
Gsus4/A
But the song was never meant for singing
G
She might have really broke loose
Gsus4/A
But she never made it past the clinging
[Chorus]
F
I can see that it hurts when you know
C G
You can't play it the way that your beau knows
F
I can see that it hurts when you know
C G
You can't say it the way that your beau knows
F C G
And you know that that's the way that the show goes
Am Em
And you know it really has to go on
