| G | Bm | |
| Oh I must have left some | stones unturned |
| C | D | G | |
| Or | could be | quite a | few |
| G | Bm | C | D | |
| There's a lot I've overl | ooked and never k | new |
| G | Bm | |
| There's some | things you learn while | getting burned |
| C | D | G | |
| Don't feel good | at the | time |
| G | Bm | Am | C | |
| Playing by your | set of | rul | es |
| G | Bm | Am7 | D | |
| Pre | tending that | you'll never | lose |
| G | Bm | Am7 | |
| But I know | better | now |
| G | Bm | Am7 | |
| I know | better | now |
| G | Bm | C | D | G | Am | |
| It just | took a | while to f | igure o | ut |
| G | Bm | |
| There's so much to take for | granted |
| C | D | G | |
| When | life is | going w | ell |
| Bm | C | D | |
| And when the tides will | turn no one can | tell |
| G | Bm | |
| Some wise men knew that | played the blues |
| C | D | G | |
| That | no one has | hardly | heard |
| G | Bm | Am | C | |
| The high cost of | fooling y | ours | elf |
| G | Bm | Am7 | D | |
| Not mentio | ning everyone | else |
| G | Bm | Am7 | |
| But I know | better | now |
| G | Bm | Am7 | |
| I know | better | now |
| G | Bm | C | D | G | |
| It just | took a | while to f | igure o | ut |
| F | G | F | D | |
| Some myster | ies | hang on the | breeze |
| SOLO |
| G | Bm | |
| And we'll | all go to some | big hotel |
| C | D | G | |
| Where | weary h | earts can r | est |
| Bm | Am | C | G | Bm | Am7 | D | |
| Getting and giving more of the faith and the hope and the love |
| G | Bm | Am7 | |
| But I know | better | now |
| G | Bm | Am7 | |
| I know | better | now |
| G | Bm | C | D | G | |
| It just | took a | while to f | igure o | ut |
| From Kelly Willis "Kelly Willis" |
| MCA Records 1993 |
| Mighty Nice Music/Laudersongs(BMI) |