Raising A Rookie Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]If you ain't hard, they won't listen
If you ain't [Bm]tough then [G]they
will never understand
'Cause [C]they're strong like
wild [Em]horses
[D]They're crazy as the wind
[C]

[Verse 2]
'Cause they [G]don't know
what's coming
And They [Bm]rarely choose the way
that you had [G]planned
So [C]you watch'em learn
[Em]from falling
[D]And help'em up if you [C]can

[Verse 3]
[G]Raising a roo[D]kie
Doing the [Bm]be st we c[G]an
[Bm]Helping them find their way[G]
[C]It takes more than years to make a man
[G]Raising a rookie
[D]All I can do is light [G]the road
[Bm]I know it's [G]a heavy load, some[C]times
God [Am]knows [Bm]I'm [C]tryin'
[G]

[Verse 4]
You see what makes them special
You'd do [Bm]everything and
anything [G]it takes
Just [C]to know that they would
make [Em]it
Through the tri[D]als and the heartaches
[C]

[Verse 5]
[G]Raising a roo[D]kie
Doing the best we [Bm]can
[G]Helping them find their way
[C]It takes more than years to make a man
[G]Raising a rookie
[D]All I can do is light the road
[Bm]I know it'[G]s a heavy load, someti[C]mes
God [G]knows [C]I'm tryin'[Em][D][Em][C]
Oh I'm tryin'
[Em][D]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Em][D][G][C]
[Am][Bm][C]

[Verse 6]
And they [G]teach
you to be [D]humble
While [G]the time and the worry line your [C]face
And you learn how to hold
your [Em]breath
How a des[D]perate heart can [C]pray

[Verse 7]
[G]Raising a roo[D]kie
Doing the best we [G]can
Helping them find their way
[C]It takes more than years to make a man
[G]Raising a rookie
[D]All I can do is light the road
[Bm]I know it'[G]s a heavy load, someti[C]mes
God [G]knows [C]I'm tryin'

[Verse 8]
[G]Raising a roo[D]kie
Doing the best we [Bm]can
Helping them find their [G]way
[C]It takes more than years to make a man
[G]Raising a rookie
[D]All I can do is light the road
[Bm]I know it'[G]s a heavy load, someti[C]mes
God [Am]knows [G]I'm [C]tryin'

[Outro 1]
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