School Of Hard Knocks

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, the last one hurt like hell,
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 knocked the wind right out of my 
sail
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I'll heal up someday, but it's gonna
 leave a beauty of a scar
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I think I'm gonna get drunk, 
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pull the tire iron outta my trunk
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Bang up all of my fenders, just 
                    A
so they can match my heart


[Chorus 1]
              D   D/C# D/B   
I'm trying to get my---self an 
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education
              D   D/C# D/B    D/A
Cry one more tear towards 
  G  A
graduation
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Every Sunday punch I've thrown has
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 come back around to clean my clock
            G        A         
The bell is ringin', down at the 
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school of hard knocks


[Verse 2]
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They're gonna inscribe my name 
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on the Bridge Burners Hall of Fame
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As a fool who never learned there 
ain't no future in it
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Some lessons we learn with ease,
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 baby most bring us to our knees
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I wish I could learn about love 
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without another woodshed visit.

[Chorus 2]
              D   D/C# 
I'm trying to get myself an 
D/B    D/A  G
education
              D   D/C# D/B    D/A
Cry one more tear towards 
  G  A
graduation
      A                 Bm        
Every Sunday punch I've thrown has
           D                 E7
 come back around to clean my clock
            G        A         
The bell is ringin', down at the 
                 D
school of hard knocks.

[Bridge]
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A little kiss and a band-aid 
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makes those skinned knees heal up 
fine
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But there ain't nothin' gonna heal 
this heart but time


[Chorus 3]
              D   D/C# 
I'm trying to get myself an 
D/B    D/A  G
education
              D   D/C# D/B    D/A
Cry one more tear towards 
  G  A
graduation
      A                 Bm        
Every Sunday punch I've thrown has
           D                 E7
 come back around to clean my clock
            G        A         
The bell is ringin', down at the 
                 D
school of hard knocks.
            G        A            
I'm a grade A student, down at the
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 school of hard knoooocks.