IntroDG (x4)
Verse 1DG
Couldn't wait to ride out of that one horse town
DG
Didn't see no use in sticking around
DGA
I was green and busting at the seams to leave
DG
I was sitting on G, waiting on O
DG
The day I hit eighteen, I hit the road
DGA
Traded that county maintain for a four lane city street
Pre-ChorusEmDG
But sometimes things ain't what you think they're gonna be
EmDG
What you want ain't always what you need
ChorusD
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
A
And you're out on your own
GA
All you want is what you can't get back
DA
Once you let it go, then you know what you have
GA
Don't hold a candle to what you had
BmA
Sometimes what you think you'll find
GDEm
It ain't quite what real life has in store
ADGDG
So be careful what you wish for
Verse 2DG
She was holding on just a little too tight
DG
Talked a little too much about the rest of our lives
DGA
I broke her heart thinking freedom would set me free
EmDG
Well sometimes things ain't what you think they're gonna be
ChorusD
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
A
And you're out on your own
GA
All you want is what you can't get back
DA
Once you let it go, then you know what you have
GA
Don't hold a candle to what you had
BmA
Sometimes what you think you'll find
GDEm
It ain't quite what real life has in store
AD
So be careful what you wish for
BridgeEmD
'Cause these city lights can't shine quite like the stars
GA
I wish I could wish her back into my arms
ChorusD
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
A
And you're out on your own
GA
All you want is what you can't get back
DA
Once you let it go, then you know what you have
GA
Don't hold a candle to what you had
BmA
Sometimes what you think you'll find
GDEm
It ain't quite what real life has in store
EmA
And you can't get her back no more
ADGD
So be careful what you wish for
GDGD
Be careful what you wish for
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