G She might have been a nice girl Gsus4/A If she hadn't had a draggy mother G She might have been a good chick Gsus4/A If she hadn't had a rotten father G She might have played the right hunch Gsus4/A If she hadn't been so narrow-minded G She might have had a whole bunch Gsus4/A If she hadn't been so far behind it [Chorus] F Oh does it hurt when you know C G You can't play it the way that your beau knows F Oh does it hurt when you know C G You can't say it the way that your beau knows F C G And you know that that's the way that the show goes Am Em And you know it really has to go on [Verse 2] G She drank the army's red wine Gsus4/A But she never found a moment's pleasure G She smelled the salty sea brine Gsus4/A But she never found the buried treasure G She might have played the chords right Gsus4/A But the song was never meant for singing G She might have really broke loose Gsus4/A But she never made it past the clinging [Chorus] F I can see that it hurts when you know C G You can't play it the way that your beau knows F I can see that it hurts when you know C G You can't say it the way that your beau knows F C G And you know that that's the way that the show goes Am Em And you know it really has to go on