Tom: Em
Em G D
Am
The struggle is real
Em G D Am
So real
[Verse 1]
Em G
5 am comes early, Jack and folgers in his cup.
D C
He wakes her up and lay her clothes out and packs her lunch.
Em G
Got to rush to catch the school bus,
D C
Pony tails and tooth brush, Sometimes it seems its too much, he waves good bye.
Em G
Then he sighs, 12 hour days and barely gettin by.
D C
Her momma workin 3rd shift, and he hope she ain't back gettin high.
Em G
On a slippery slope slowly slippin to a pit
D C
Hanging on for dear life loosing grip but he refused to quit
[Chorus]
C D Em
I see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel
C D Em
Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills
C D G D C
You want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill
Em Am
You don't care how they feel
D
Cause the struggle is real
Em
I know the struggle is real
[Verse 2]
Em G
She's almost 40 and still dancin on that brass pole
D C
Customers are disrespectful, manager is an asshole
Em G
Her greater goals over shadow all the sorrows
D C
5 am will take forever few more minutes till tomorrow
Em G
Not enough dollars in their garder for their house of dreams
D C
Runs into the dressin room slams the door and starts to scream
Em G
Where she wants to be in life is still a distant image
D C
At her wits end still isn't finished story hasn't ended.
[Chorus]
C D Em
I see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel
C D Em
Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills
C D G D C
You want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill
Em Am
You don't care how they feel
D
Cause the struggle is real
Em
I know the struggle is real
[Verse 3]
Em G
He walks outside and throws his tools in to his pickup truck
D C
Looks up and smiles see her Altima is pulling up
Em G
Her weight is lifted, her doors open and he knows she sober
D C
He grabs aholdst her she finds comfort underneath his shoulder
Em G
As they embrace all of their worries are erased
D C
Because together they can face all of obstacles in place
Em G
Pulls out of the holler to go make a honest dollar
D C
Pay dues won't loose smile through the blues of blue collar
[Chorus]
C D Em
I see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel
C D Em
Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills
C D G D C
You want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill
Em Am
You don't care how they feel
D
Cause the struggle is real
Em
I know the struggle is real
C D Em
I see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel
C D Em
Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills
C D G D C
You want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill
Em Am
You don't care how they feel
D
Cause the struggle is real
Em
I know the struggle is real
