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* = one strum

[Intro]
     (2x)

[Verse 1]
            
Well, I rememb

            
er what you to

         
ld me, you sai

   
d drinking was

 unholy
            
So Lord, can y

       
ou point me to

     
 the creek
            
And I still ke

       
ep it with me,

        
 tucked under 

all the memori

es
           
Your voice ech

      
oing throughou

      
t those trees

[Interlude]
     (2x)

[Verse 2]
            
And through un

        
favored weathe

      
r, and holes i

n the leather
            
These boots st

       
ill covered in

  
 tar
            
I'm still pray

           
ing to the hea

      
vens, and hopi

ng for them se

vens
            
But hope only 

      
gets a man so 

far

[Chorus]
            
   This game o

      
f life plays h

eavy on my hea

rt and
         
   Love is tou

          
gh but lonelin


ess is twice a

s hard and
            
   I'll carry 

    
that about eve

rywhere I go
             
And they say p

            
ressure makes 

      
diamonds, how 

    
the hell am I 

still coal?

[Interlude]
     (2x)

[Verse 3]
            
I've seen Heav

           
en without dyi

        
ng, met the De

vil without tr

ying
            
And they both 

        
seem to wanna 

       
talk to me
            
But I'm all ou

       
t of luck now,

        
 and my dreams

 aren't worth 

a buck now
            
It's tough try

      
na land on my 

feet

[Chorus]
            
   This game o

      
f life plays h

eavy on my hea

rt and
         
   Love is tou

          
gh but lonelin


ess is twice a

s hard and
            
   I'll carry 

    
that about eve

rywhere I go
             
And they say p

            
ressure makes 

      
diamonds, how 

    
the hell am I 

still coal?

[Bridge]
            
And every day 

             
it's getting c

        
older since th

   
at day in Octo

ber
            
When you told 

          
me it was over

   
 so I left
              
'Cause if you 

            
need me, well 

       
I told ya I'm 

       
on the better 

side of sober
           
Tryna find a f

         
our leaf clove

      
r get me out o

f this mess

[Chorus]
           
   This game o

     
f life plays h

*
eavy on my hea

rt and
        
   Love is tou

         
gh but lonelin


ess is twice a

s hard and
           
   I'll carry 

   
that about eve

rywhere I go
             
And they say p

            
ressure makes 

      
diamonds, how 

    
the hell …

            
   This game o

      
f life plays h

eavy on my hea

rt and
         
   Love is tou

          
gh but lonelin


ess is twice a

s hard and
            
   I'll carry 

    
that about eve

rywhere I go
             
And they say p

         
ressure makes 

   
diamonds, how 

     
the hell am I 

still coal?