REO Speedwagon – Smilin In The End (Guitar)

C#m
Can't really say it's been a good year

       B
I know I'll see better days

C#m
Some things that shouldn't have been going on around here

B
Have been going on anyways

A
I was face down in a pool of my own self-pity

      E
Gotta pick myself up and get out of this city

A                                E
Gotta leave before I hurt someone

          A
There's a place somewhere I'm gonna find

      E
Where I can feel safe and leave it all behind

A                                       B
Gonna get away and have myself a little fun

              E        A     E      A
Cause you can knock me down, run me over

E           A      E         A
Back up and run me down again

E                        C#m
You ain't the first I've been treated worse

        A                      F#
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends

             E                    G
Well you can leave me cold I'll recover

A                         C
Say nasty things about my mother

             E          A
Well you can beat me mistreat me

    C     B         A  G           E   A B
But guess who'll be smilin' in the end

C#m
Playin' in bands since I was a kid

       B
Always part of the brotherhood

C#m
But a lonely, only child

     B
Only barely understood

      A
I was told I'd never make it so many times before

    E
The best and the brightest had shown me the door

        A                                               E
But the more they tried to hold me back, the stronger I got

             A
They said my songs were too simple, my voice was too weak

           E
Said I was too young, too dumb, too much of a freak

     A
They thought they could write me off

                              B
But there's somethin' they forgot

              E        A     E      A
Cause you can knock me down, run me over

E           A      E         A
Back up and run me down again

E                        C#m
You ain't the first I've been treated worse

        A                      F#
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends

             E                    G
Well you can leave me cold I'll recover

A                         C
Say nasty things about my mother

             E          A
Well you can beat me mistreat me

    C     B         A  G           E   A E
But guess who'll be smilin' in the end

G                   D      A             E
I won't say I ain't had my share of good luck

G            D             A      B
Good luck is fine, it just ain't enough

              E        A     E      A
Cause you can knock me down, run me over

E           A      E         A
Back up and run me down again

E                        C#m
You ain't the first I've been treated worse

        A                      F#
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends

             E                    G
Well you can leave me cold I'll recover

A                         C
Say nasty things about my mother

             E          A
Well you can beat me mistreat me

    C     B         A  G           E   A C B
But guess who'll be smilin' in the end

                A  G           E  C B
Guess who'll be smilin' in the end

                A  G           E
Guess who'll be smilin' in the end