Be Careful What You Wish For

[Intro] D  G  D  G
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Couldn't wait to ride out of that 
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one horse town
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Didn't see no use in sticking around
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I was green and busting at the 
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seams to leave
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I was sitting on G, waiting on O
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The day I hit eighteen, I hit the 
road
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Traded that county maintain for a 
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four lane city street

[Pre-Chorus]

              Em                   
But sometimes things ain't what you
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 think they're gonna be
Em                  D            
What you want ain't always what 
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you need

[Chorus]

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Don't know what you got 'til it's 
gone
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And you're out on your own
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All you want is what you can't get 
back
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Once you let it go, then you know 
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what you have
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Don't hold a candle to what you had
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Sometimes what you think you'll find
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It ain't quite what real life has
    Em
 in store
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So be careful what you wish for
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        D          G
She was holding on just a little too
 tight
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Talked a little too much about the 
rest of our lives
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I broke her heart thinking freedom
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 would set me free
               Em                  
Well sometimes things ain't what 
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you think they're gonna be

[Chorus]

                    D
Don't know what you got 'til it's 
gone
           A
And you're out on your own
        G                      A
All you want is what you can't get 
back
                D                 
Once you let it go, then you know 
A
what you have
             G              A
Don't hold a candle to what you had
Bm                 A
Sometimes what you think you'll find
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It ain't quite what real life has
    Em
 in store
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So be careful what you wish for

[Bridge]

             Em                    
'Cause these city lights can't 
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shine quite like the stars
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I wish I could wish her back into my
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 arms

[Chorus]

                    D
Don't know what you got 'til it's 
gone
           A
And you're out on your own
        G                      A
All you want is what you can't get 
back
                D                 
Once you let it go, then you know 
A
what you have
             G              A
Don't hold a candle to what you had
Bm                 A
Sometimes what you think you'll find
G                   D            
It ain't quite what real life has
    Em
 in store
Em                            A
And you can't get her back no more
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So be careful what you wish for
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Be careful what you wish for