Verse 1
                    F  C 
Where did everybody go 
          F           G 
After the ride had ended? 
                    F         C 
At the death of the last note 
               F       G      C 
The halls were already empty 
 
Chorus
          Am        C          F 
Nobody is safe from heartache 
 
We handle what we're given 
                    Am      C          F 
But to stand in the face of heartache 
                 C               F 
Maybe that's the hardest part of living 
 
Interlude
C  F  C  F  C  F  C 
 
Verse 2
              F  C 
Down Highway 51 
             F                   G 
Mississippi, Nineteen Sixty-Four 
                     F         G 
The day you gave away someone 
          F                 G    C 
Lost to a different kind of war 
 
Chorus
          Am        C          F 
Nobody is safe from heartache 
 
We handle what we're given 
                    Am      C                F 
But to stand in the face of heartache, yeah 
                 C               Am            G 
Maybe that's the hardest part of living, yeah 
 
Bridge
           Am                     C 
All decked out in your camouflage paint 
Am                        F 
Stalking a ghost you will never escape 
           G                        C 
There's no shortcut detour around disaster 
        N.C. 
To gain the things that matter____ 
        F           C 
Not the things that matter 
 
Verse 3
                         F    C 
Early morning, desperate call 
          F             G 
You never had a chance 
                    F                G 
The first hand that broke your fall 
        F          G      C 
He only wanted one dance 
 
Chorus
          Am        C          F 
Nobody is safe from heartache 
 
We handle what we're given 
                    Am      C          F 
But to stand in the face of heartache 
                 C               F 
Maybe that's the hardest part of living