G C G C

[Verse 1]
G                                           C          G
I don't care about things 'cause they don't care about me
N.C.                               C          G
My skin's a lot thicker than you'd think it'd be
            Em              C      G
And I don't need nothing to tie me down
        Em                         C       G
I don't need no one to care should I leave town


[Verse 2]
G                               C          G
I saw the way they looked and I heard them laugh
N.C.                               C         G
They couldn't wait to talk until I turned my back
             Em                   C        G
Well I won't be that bitter taste in their mouths
            Em                      C        G
So I ain't never going back to your family's house

G F# Em

[Chorus]
Em     C                G
Waking up for the first time
            Em                        C      G
Is when you don't stop running at the finish line


[Verse 3]
G                        C        G
Some things in life they stay the same
N.C.                                 C          G
And they are usually the things we'd wish would change
           Em                     C       G
So I won't search for strength in someone else
            Em              C     G
Cause I can pat my own back by myself


[Chorus]
Em     C                G
Waking up for the first time
            Em                        C      G    F# Em
Is when you don't stop running at the finish line
E      C                G
Waking up for the first time
            Em                        C      G
Is when you don't stop running at the finish line

[Middle eight]
G C G C G F# Em C G Em C G

[Verse 4]
G                                 C             G
I won't worry about the roof that ain't over my head
N.C.                                  C         G
Hell I'd rather sleep out under these stars instead
            Em                          C      G
And all the money in the world couldn't buy me back
        Em                 C         G
Ah, the Lord knows I'm too proud for that


[Chorus]
Em     C                G
Waking up for the first time
           Em                        C      G    F# Em
Is when you don't stop running at the finish line
Em     C                G
Waking up for the first time
            Em                        C      G
Is when you don't stop running at the finish line