G
[Verse 1]
G
Just put your back into it,
C Em C
just wrap your head around the ugliness.
G
What can be said about it?
C Em C
What can be said for such an ugly mess?
[Pre-Chorus]
C G
You've got to change, change, change, mother fucker!
C Em
You cannot stay the same, same, same, expecting progress!
C G
You've gotta do the work, work, work, and if you want it,
C Em
you've got to let it hurt, hurt, hurt, until you're smarter!
[Chorus]
C C F G
I never learn, you've got to teach it to me softly, softly
C G Em
True to form, you've got to teach it to me softly
G Em
Softly
[Verse 2]
G
If you put your heart into it,
C Em
you think it ain't your fault it doesn't work
C
(but it is, yes, it is!)
G
What can be done about it?
C Em
What can be done except to let it hurt
C
(because it is what it is!)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G C
What can we really claim to know from dedication?
Em C
The tree remembers, the axe forgets!
G
I don't know much about it,
C Em
I don't know much about you anymore
C
Anymore
[Chorus]
C F G F G F
I never learn, you've got to teach it to me softly, softly
C G Em
True to form, you've got to teach it to me softly
G Em
Softly
Am Em C G
Let's say we never saw it there,
Am Em C G
just growing in the bitter air.
Am Em C G
Now I'll pretend like I don't care.
Am Em C G
Let's say we never saw it there..
[Bridge]
Cm G Cm G
Tell me how it's gonna be.
Am Em C
The future's looking bleak to me.
[Intrumental]
C G C Em C G
C Em
[Chorus]
C G
You gotta change, change, change motherfucker
C Em
Cm G
You gotta change, change, change motherfucker
C Em
Cm G F G
I never learn, you've got to teach it to me softly, softly
C G Em
And true to form, you've got to teach it to me softly
G Em
Softly
Am E C G
And say we never saw it there,
Am Em C G
just growing in the bitter air.
Am Em C Em
Now I'll pretend like I don't care.
[Outro]
Am Em C G
Let's say we never saw it there
Am Em C G
Let's say we never saw it there
Am Em C G
Let's say we never saw it there
