B D#m A G#m
C#m C#m/F# F#


[Verse]

B   D#m             A   G#m
The rent's due tomorrow
C#m                       C#m/F# F#
Haven't got a penny to my name
B             D#m        A      G#m
I'm trying to build me a lifetime
C#m                        C#m/F# F#
Think I better start a new frame


[Chorus]

      D#m       G#m                E A#m7b5
And I think I'm learnin' first hand
      D#                G#m C#m D#m
About what it's like to be
   G#m         E A#m7b5
To be a musician
D#        G#m  E
And I can see
C#m
It's not an easy life
C#m/F#      F#           F#/B E/B F#/B
It's not an easy life to live


[Verse 2]

B            D#m       A        G#m
Guess that I chose the hard road
C#m                C#m/F# F#
No use wonderin' why
B     D#m           A      G#m
I had hopes I would make it
C#m                            C#m/F# F#
Must have had my hopes up too high


[Chorus 2]

      D#m       G#m                E A#m7b5
And I think I'm learnin' first hand
      D#                G#m C#m D#m
About what it's like to be
   G#m         E  A#m7b5
To be a musician
D#        G#m  E
And I can see
C#m
It's not an easy life
C#m/F#      F#           F#/B E/B F#/B
It's not an easy life to live


[Bridge]

E
And I keep on smilin'
C#m/F# F#
Smilin'
      F#/B E/B F#/B
Ooooh smilin'
E     F#/E
Smilin'
            D#m7b5  G#sus4 G#
To hide the pain
           C#m    C#m/F# F#
Inside I'm cryin' cryin
      B   F#/A# G#m F#
Ooooh cryin'
E             C#m
And it's hard
                  C#m/F# F#
It's hard to explain


[Chorus 3]

      D#m       G#m                E A#m7b5
And I think I'm learnin' first hand
      D#                G#m C#m D#m
About what it's like to be
   G#m         E A#m7b5
To be a musician
D#        G#m  E
And I can see
C#m
It's not an easy life
C#m/F#      F#           B    F#/B E/B F#/B
It's not an easy life to live
C#m
It's not an easy life
C#m/F#      F#           B     F#/B E/B F#/B
It's not an easy life to live
C#m
It's not an easy life
C#m/F#      F#           B     F#/B E/B F#/B
It's not an easy life to live