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Am - Dm (2x)
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1. Didn’t take nothin’ that I didn’t need,
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‘cause
they didn’t offer classes in
what I wanted to be.
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They didn’t offer manhood responsibility,
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had
to learn it the hard way, earn my degree in the streets.
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Graduated from hard knocks, I
got my education.
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and
hard knocks, gettin’ in and out of situations.
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Hard knocks, got the bumps and
the bruises to prove it.
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Hard knocks!
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2. Can’t bust this feeling
without feelin’ the burn,
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and I
ain’t got nothin’ that I did not earn.
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Chasin’
that ooooh
still hittin’ the books,
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studying
Donnie and Stevie, I learned to sail the hooks.
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Talk about those hard knocks,
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got
the bumps and the bruises to prove it,
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hard
knocks, got the right and the reason to choose it,
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hard knocks, out on the streets,
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hard knocks.
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Had a real good teacher, named Mr. Life,
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didn’t
teach no chemistry, but he taught me how to fight.
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Fm
Didn’t teach biology, but I learned
it from the birds and the bees,
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said,
stay close to your friends, closer to your enemies.
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+ Oh, yeah yeah yeah, that’s right ! (3x)
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I graduated from hard knocks,
I got my education,
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and
hard knocks, gettin’ in and out of situations.
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Hard knocks, got the bumps and
the bruises to prove it.
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Hard knocks! Oh, Lord !
+ Am - Dm - Am - Dm (6x)
(Joe Cocker)