Key: E
Introduction: D
G
D
G
D
G
D
G
D
G
Couldn't wait to ride out of that one horse town
D
G
Didn't see no use in sticking around
D
G
A
I was green and busting at the seams to leave
D
G
I was sitting on G, waiting on O
D
G
The day I hit eighteen, I hit the road
D
G
A
Traded that county maintain for a four lane city street
Em
D
G
But sometimes things ain't what you think they're gonna be
Em
D
G
What you want ain't always what you need
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
A
Once you let it go, then you know 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
Em
It ain't quite what real life has in store
A
D
G
D
G
So be careful what you wish for
D
G
She was holding on just a little too tight
D
G
Talked a little too much about the rest of our lives
D
G
A
I broke her heart thinking freedom would set me free
Em
D
G
Well sometimes things ain't what you think they're gonna be
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
A
Once you let it go, then you know 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
Em
It ain't quite what real life has in store
A
D
So be careful what you wish for
Em
D
'Cause these city lights can't shine quite like the stars
G
A
I wish I could wish her back into my arms
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
A
Once you let it go, then you know 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
Em
It ain't quite what real life has in store
Em
A
And you can't get her back no more
A
D
G
D
So be careful what you wish for
G
D
G
D
Be careful what you wish for