1st Verse D C G Just out of rehab, he'd been twenty-eight days clean D C G A genuine, certified recovered dope fiend D C G Just when we thought he'd put that drug all in his past C G A He walked on down to Broadway and that boy done relapsed A Huh, I just had a laugh Chorus D C G You get knocked off that horse, you get back on again D C G Just the way it is, hey, and the way it's always been D A Bm G No moral to the story, yeah, it's just got an end D Bm A D You get knocked off that horse, you get back on again 2nd Verse D C G Buddy of mine got busted on a charge of possession D C G All the time he served, you woulda thought he'd learned himself some sort of lesson D C G D But he walked right out of jail into a shootin' gallery C G A And now he's servin' seven years on a second felony A Ain't that just like a junkie? Chorus D C G You get knocked off that horse, you get back on again D C G Just the way it is, hey, and the way it's always been D A Bm G No moral to the story, yeah, it's just got an end D Bm A D You get knocked off that horse, you get back on again Instrumental Break D C G D C G D C G D C G 3rd Verse D C G They found him facedown in a needle and a spoon D C G Picked him up and dropped him off at the emergency room (See ya later, buddy!) D C G They all knew our friend, he was DOA C G A He rode off toward that sunset with a smile on his face A Ain't that just like a John Wayne? Chorus D C G You get knocked off that horse, you get back on again D C G Just the way it is, hey, and the way it's always been D A Bm G No moral to the story, yeah, it's just got an end D Bm A C G You get knocked off that horse, you get back on again C G C G C G C G C G Outro D C G Aw, ride on D C G D C G D C G D C G
