Trouble Chords by Joan Armatrading

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ You've lived your life [E] _ _ and how [F#m] you survive _ [E] I'll [A] never know
People talk [E] of hardships, _ what do they [F#m] know?
What do they [E] know?
[D] _ Of the [E] strength you [A] had to show To _ stop yourself [E] from [A] crying out
To keep your [C#m] head above [F#m] the sand [E] Those times [D] when you were [E] in [A] despair
Troubles in [E] your [A] only friend Somehow you kept [G#m] your [F#m] spirits high
You [E] told him, [D] straight, don't [E] call [A] dead _ _ _
_ Now there were times [E] _ when it seemed I [F#m] didn't care
_ [E] _ [A] _ Don't misjudge my [E] silence You had my sympathy, [F#m] I had sympathy
And [D] _ I [E] admired how [A] you stopped yourself from [E] crying
[A] Kept your head above the [E] sand [F#m] When _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ troubles in [E] your [A] only friend
Somehow you kept [C#m] your [F#m] spirits high You [E] told him, [D] straight, don't call [A] dead
And _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ now the [E] future's [A] looking bright You fought [E] alone and won [F#m] the fight
Kept your [E] faith [D] when _ [E] _ [A] _ times were [E] hard You [A] made it through
Troubles in [E] your [F#m] only friend Somehow [E] you [D] kept your [E] spirits [A] high _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] You stopped yourself [E] from [A] crying out You kept your [C#m] head above [F#m] the sand
Those [E] times [D] when you were [A] in despair
Troubles in [E] your [A] only friend Somehow you kept [E] your [F#m] spirits high
You [E] told him, [D] straight, don't [A] call dead _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
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[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
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