Verse 1: B E Abm Gb I used to shut my door while my mother screamed in the kitchen B E Abm Gb I'd turn the music up, get high and try not to listen B E Abm Gb To every little fight, 'cause neither one was right Pre-Chorus: B E I swore I'd never be like them Abm Gb But I was just a kid back then Chorus: E Gb The older I get the more that I see B Abm My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me E Gb And loving is hard, it don't always work B Abm You just try your best not to get hurt E Gb I used to be mad but now I know B Abm Sometimes it's better to let someone go E It just hadn't hit me yet B The older I get Verse 2: E Abm Gb I used to wonder why, why they could never be happy B E Abm Gb I used to close my eyes and pray for a whole 'nother family B E Abm Gb Where everything was fine, one that felt like mine Pre-Chorus: B E I swore I'd never be like them Abm Gb But I was just a kid back then Chorus: E Gb The older I get the more that I see B Abm My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me E Gb And loving is hard, it don't always work B Abm You just try your best not to get hurt E Gb I used to be mad but now I know B Abm Sometimes it's better to let someone go E It just hadn't hit me yet B The older I get Chorus: E Gb The older I get the more that I see B Abm My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me E Gb And loving is hard, it don't always work B Abm You just try your best not to get hurt E Gb I used to be mad but now I know B Abm Sometimes it's better to let someone go E It just hadn't hit me yet B The older I get
