[Intro] E  A  E  A  E  A  C#m  B

       E           F#              F#m
You've got to learn to show a happy face
                        B            G#m
Although you're full of misery
                        C#                F#m
You mustn't show a trace of sadness
                  B
And never look for simple things

             E         C#m                   F#m
You've got to learn although it's very hard
                        B             G#m
The way(?) you pocket in your pride
                 C#m              F#
Sometimes face humiliation
              F#m       G#
While you're burning up inside

       C#m         B     F#
Facing reality is often hard to do
         A                   B
When it seems happiness is gone
      A   E                  C#m             A
You've got to learn to hide your tears
                              E           A  C#m C# B
And tell your heart life must go on

     E                           C#           F#m
You've got to learn to leave the table
                       G#m    B              G#m
When love's no longer being served
                  C#
To show everybody that you're able
   F#m                   B
To leave without saying a word

E                      F#m       C#m            F#m
You've got to learn to hide your sorrow
                B            G#m
And go on living as before
                          C#             F#m
But good is thinking of tomorrow
                                  G#m        G#
Who knows what it may have been stored?
        C#m                      F#
You've got to learn to be much stronger
               A                    B
The times your head must rule your heart

       E                 C#m
You've got to learn from hard experience
     F#m       G#
And lisen to advice
    C#m
And sometimes pay the price
F#          F#m  B              E          A  E
And learn to live with a broken heart