Am      Am  G  F
F       F   G  Am

[Chorus]
          Am
There's a long road in front of ya
          F
There's a hard life behind ya
          Am                         F    E
There's a war been waged inside ya
        Am
You got big footsteps to follow
          F
You got a soul that's barely hollow
             Am                     F    E
And that's a hard pill to swallow


[Post-Chorus]
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F                     F    G
Hard pill to swallow
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F             E
Hard pill to swallow, woah


[Verse 1]
               Am
When you were younger, just a bother, always felt so scared
        Am
Didn't know how to take it, but you always dared
             F
And now you try to act like you never cared
 F
Feeling halfway guilty 'cause my life was spared
    Am
It feels just like a curse and I'm always to blame
Am
Shivers down my spine when I say your name
F
Since I was a kid, you been bigger than fame
F
I'd like to see the scar that you put in my brain


[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Early in my life, I was put to the test
  Am
I had to make some choices or forget about the rest
    F
And when I speak this fire, you get nothing but the best
F
Let me tell you something that you better not forget


[Chorus]
          Am
There's a long road in front of ya
          F
There's a hard life behind ya
          Am                         F    E
There's a war been waged inside ya
        Am
You got big footsteps to follow
          F
You got a soul that's barely hollow
             Am                     F    E
And that's a hard pill to swallow




[Post-Chorus]
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F                     F    G
Hard pill to swallow
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F             E
Hard pill to swallow, woah




[Verse 2]
     Am
The trauma from your mama nearly twenty years old
          Am
And your father made it harder with the soul that he sold
     F
You know where they both went and you're ready to go
      F
What happened? How did everything turn so cold?
        Am
We can talk about it 'til I'm turnin' blue in the face
       Am
I can laugh about it, joke about it never the same
F
I can't keep pretending it don't cause any pain
       F
It's a never-ending cycle that just can't be tamed


[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Early in my life, I was put to the test
  Am
I had to make some choices or forget about the rest
     F
And when I speak this fire you get nothing but the best
F
Let me tell you something that you better not forget


[Chorus]
          Am
There's a long road in front of ya
          F
There's a hard life behind ya
          Am                         F    E
There's a war been waged inside ya
        Am
You got big footsteps to follow
          F
You got a soul that's barely hollow
             Am                     F    E
And that's a hard pill to swallow




[Outtro]
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F                     F    G
Hard pill to swallow
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F             E
Hard pill to swallow, woah
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F                     F    G
Hard pill to swallow
Am                    Am   G
Hard pill to swallow
F             E             Am
Hard pill to swallow, woah