Chords
Be Careful What You Wish For

Key: E

Introduction: D    G    D    G    D    G    D    G    

difficulty
very easy |||||
                        D                                                              G  
Couldn't wait to ride out of that one horse town
                  D                         G  
Didn't see no use in sticking around
                D                                            G                                      A  
I was green and busting at the seams to leave
                D                                 G  
I was sitting on G, waiting on O
                          D                                 G  
The day I hit eighteen, I hit the road
                                D                                                      G                                    A  
Traded that county maintain for a four lane city street
                                     Em                                                    D                                                 G  
But sometimes things ain't what you think they're gonna be
Em                                              D                                      G  
What you want ain't always what you need
                                                     D  
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
                             A  
And you're out on your own
                     G                                                         A  
All you want is what you can't get back
                                          D                                            A  
Once you let it go, then you know what you have
                                  G                                    A  
Don't hold a candle to what you had
Bm                                            A  
Sometimes what you think you'll find
G                                                 D                                         Em  
It ain't quite what real life has in store
A                                                                                 D  G  D  G  
So be careful what you wish for
                     D                         G  
She was holding on just a little too tight
                        D                                      G  
Talked a little too much about the rest of our lives
     D                                      G                                                                    A  
I broke her heart thinking freedom would set me free
                                        Em                                                    D                                                 G  
Well sometimes things ain't what you think they're gonna be
                                                     D  
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
                             A  
And you're out on your own
                     G                                                         A  
All you want is what you can't get back
                                          D                                            A  
Once you let it go, then you know what you have
                                  G                                    A  
Don't hold a candle to what you had
Bm                                            A  
Sometimes what you think you'll find
G                                                 D                                         Em  
It ain't quite what real life has in store
A                                                                                 D  
So be careful what you wish for
                                  Em                                                                                                 D  
'Cause these city lights can't shine quite like the stars
                  G                                                                    A  
I wish I could wish her back into my arms
                                                     D  
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
                             A  
And you're out on your own
                     G                                                         A  
All you want is what you can't get back
                                          D                                            A  
Once you let it go, then you know what you have
                                  G                                    A  
Don't hold a candle to what you had
Bm                                            A  
Sometimes what you think you'll find
G                                                 D                                         Em  
It ain't quite what real life has in store
Em                                                                         A  
And you can't get her back no more
A                                                                              D  G  D  
So be careful what you wish for
G                                      D                    G    D  
Be careful what you wish for