Verse 1 B E Ab F# I used to shut my door, while my mother screamed in the kitchen B E Ab F# I'd turn the music up, get high and try not to listen B E Ab F# To every little fight 'cause neither one was right Pre-Chorus B E I swore I'd never be like them Ab F# But I was just a kid back then Chorus E F# The older I get, the more that I see B Ab My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me E F# And loving is hard, it don't always work B Ab You just try your best not to get hurt E F# I used to be mad, but now I know B Eb Ab Sometimes it's better to let someone go B It just hadn't hit me yet B The older I get Verse 2 B E Ab F# I used to wonder why, why they could never be happy B E Ab F# I used to close my eyes and pray for a whole 'nother family B E Ab F# Where everything was fine, one that felt like mine Pre-Chorus B E I swore I'd never be like them Ab F# But I was just a kid back then Chorus E F# The older I get, the more that I see B Ab My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me E F# And loving is hard, it don't always work B Ab You just try your best not to get hurt E F# I used to be mad, but now I know B Eb Ab Sometimes it's better to let someone go B It just hadn't hit me yet B The older I get Chorus E F# The older I get, the more that I see B Ab My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me E F# And loving is hard, it don't always work B Ab You just try your best not to get hurt E F# I used to be mad, but now I know B Eb Ab Sometimes it's better to let someone go B It just hadn't hit me yet B The older I get
