Am Am G F
F F G Am
[Chorus]
Am
There's a long road in front of ya
F
There's a hard life behind ya
Am F E
There's a war been waged inside ya
Am
You got big footsteps to follow
F
You got a soul that's barely hollow
Am F E
And that's a hard pill to swallow
[Post-Chorus]
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F F G
Hard pill to swallow
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F E
Hard pill to swallow, woah
[Verse 1]
Am
When you were younger, just a bother, always felt so scared
Am
Didn't know how to take it, but you always dared
F
And now you try to act like you never cared
F
Feeling halfway guilty 'cause my life was spared
Am
It feels just like a curse and I'm always to blame
Am
Shivers down my spine when I say your name
F
Since I was a kid, you been bigger than fame
F
I'd like to see the scar that you put in my brain
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Early in my life, I was put to the test
Am
I had to make some choices or forget about the rest
F
And when I speak this fire, you get nothing but the best
F
Let me tell you something that you better not forget
[Chorus]
Am
There's a long road in front of ya
F
There's a hard life behind ya
Am F E
There's a war been waged inside ya
Am
You got big footsteps to follow
F
You got a soul that's barely hollow
Am F E
And that's a hard pill to swallow
[Post-Chorus]
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F F G
Hard pill to swallow
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F E
Hard pill to swallow, woah
[Verse 2]
Am
The trauma from your mama nearly twenty years old
Am
And your father made it harder with the soul that he sold
F
You know where they both went and you're ready to go
F
What happened? How did everything turn so cold?
Am
We can talk about it 'til I'm turnin' blue in the face
Am
I can laugh about it, joke about it never the same
F
I can't keep pretending it don't cause any pain
F
It's a never-ending cycle that just can't be tamed
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Early in my life, I was put to the test
Am
I had to make some choices or forget about the rest
F
And when I speak this fire you get nothing but the best
F
Let me tell you something that you better not forget
[Chorus]
Am
There's a long road in front of ya
F
There's a hard life behind ya
Am F E
There's a war been waged inside ya
Am
You got big footsteps to follow
F
You got a soul that's barely hollow
Am F E
And that's a hard pill to swallow
[Outtro]
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F F G
Hard pill to swallow
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F E
Hard pill to swallow, woah
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F F G
Hard pill to swallow
Am Am G
Hard pill to swallow
F E Am
Hard pill to swallow, woah
