verse 1D ( D/F# ) G
When you've hitched every highway, and rode all the rails
A (A9A) DD/A
You're no longer afraid of the dark
DD/F#G
You get tougher than leather and harder than nails
EE7AAG/BA7/C#
When you've earned all the scars on your heart
verse 2DD/F#GG/E
Hobos and heroes, bankers and bums
AGD
In some ways we're all the same
DD/F#G
We all have to pay for the deeds that we've done
AAA9AD
And wind up just dragging those chains
BmF#mG
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
EmD/F#Asus4A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
BmF#mG
Sooner or later one way or another
EmAG/BA7/C# ( D )
We all wear the tattoos of life
Instrumental
| D | A | Bm | AG/BA7/C# | Dverse 3DD/F#GG/E
The glory in living is just running the race
AGDD/A
Not whether you win our you fail
DD/F#G
The lines like a road map will show on your face
AAA9ADD
And your eyes tell the rest of the tale
Refrain
BmF#mG
Life paints a picture that time can't erase
EmD/F#Asus4A
Sometimes it cuts like a knife
BmF#mG
Sooner or later one way or another
EmAG/BA7/C# ( D )
We all wear the tattoos of life
Outro
| D | A | Bm | AG/BA7/C# | D
| D | A | Bm | AG/BA7/C# | D