[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            D            ( D/F# )      G
When you've hitched every highway, and rode all the rails
       A       (A9_A)             D     D/A
You're no longer afraid of the dark
         D             D/F#      G
You get tougher than leather and harder than nails
            E              E7             A      A G/B A7/C#
When you've earned all the scars on your heart

[Verse 2]
 D         D/F#    G          G/E
Hobos and heroes, bankers and bums
    A         G            D
In some ways we're all the same
    D          D/F#         G
We all have to pay for the deeds that we've done
     A             A  A9    A     D
And wind up just dragging those chains

[Refrain]
Bm                         F#m         G
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
 Em          D/F#         Asus4 A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
Bm              F#m          G
Sooner or later one way or another
 Em             A  G/B A7/C#  ( D )
We all wear the tattoos of   life

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
     D       D/F#           G           G/E
The glory in living is just running the race
A                G          D      D/A
Not whether you win our you fail
     D           D/F#           G
The lines like a road map will show on your face
         A               A  A9  A    D     D
And your eyes tell the rest of the tale

[Refrain]
Bm                         F#m         G
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
 Em          D/F#         Asus4 A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
Bm              F#m          G
Sooner or later one way or another
 Em             A  G/B A7/C#  ( D )
We all wear the tattoos of   life

[Outro]
| D   | A   | Bm   | A  G/B  A7/C# | D
| D   | A   | Bm   | A  G/B  A7/C# | D