Chords for Paul Overstreet - Toughest Battles (1999)

_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
He pulls in driveway [F] where he used to live
[G] _ Quality time is [C] what he wants to give
He picks up the kids [F] every Friday at 5
[G] Try squeezing a week in two days and [C] two nights
_ [G] But Sundays are hell
Cause he has to tell
[F] his little Angel _ [C] goodbye
_ [Am] He forces [G] a smile
[F] Although [G] he's [C] dying inside
_ _ [Am] _
[G] Toughest battles [F] come after [C] the war
[Em] When neither heart
[F] Wants to fight [G] anymore _ _
[A] He's learning [G] endless
[F] He wishes [C] he'd known [F] before
_ [Am] the toughest
[G] Battles [F] so often [G] come after [C] the war _ _
_ _ _ She watches them wait [F] as they drive away
[G] She comforts herself
[C] Saying that it's okay
She learned to hate [F] all these weekends alone
[G] She remembers the time when this house was [C] a home
_ [G] There's no need to go she read all the books
[F] Thanks, maybe she'll call and [C] then we'll talk
_ [Am] This living [G] it alone
[F] in
[G] this great
[C] _
The _ [Am] toughest [G] battles [F] come after [C] the war
[Em] When neither heart
[F] Wants to fight [G] anymore
_ _ [Am] She's learning
[G] Endless and [F] she wishes she'd known before _ _
[Am] The toughest [G] battles [F] often [G] come after [C] the war
_ [Am] They had so much [Em] to give
_ _ _ [F] _ Maybe they do [Em] better
If [F] they stop right here
[Em] Give love one more [F] try _ _
[G] One more try
[Am] the
[G] toughest battles [F] come after [C] the war
[Em] When neither heart
[F] Wants to fight [G] anymore
_ _ [Am] They're learning [G] endless [F] and they wish [C] they'd known _ [F] _
before
[Am] The toughest [G] battles [F] often [G] come after the [C] war _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] This [G] battle [F] so often _ _ [G] _ come after the [C] war
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