{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2665464,"song":"The Struggle Is Real","artist":"Struggle Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11521023-the-struggle-is-real-chords-by-struggle-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2665464?type=chord","rating":4.81659,"votes":15,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The struggle is real[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    So real[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n5 am comes early, Jack and folgers in his cup.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe wakes her up and lay her clothes out and packs her lunch.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGot to rush to catch the school bus,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPony tails and tooth brush,  Sometimes it seems its too much, he waves good bye.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he sighs, 12 hour days and barely gettin by.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer momma workin 3rd shift, and he hope she ain't back gettin high.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a slippery slope slowly slippin to a pit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHanging on for dear life loosing grip but he refused to quit[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWork your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou don't care how they feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause the struggle is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI know the struggle is real[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's almost 40 and still dancin on that brass pole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCustomers are disrespectful, manager is an asshole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer greater goals over shadow all the sorrows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n5 am will take forever few more minutes till tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot enough dollars in their garder for their house of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRuns into the dressin room slams the door and starts to scream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere she wants to be in life is still a distant image[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt her wits end still isn't finished story hasn't ended.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWork your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou don't care how they feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause the struggle is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI know the struggle is real[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe walks outside and throws his tools in to his pickup truck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooks up and smiles see her Altima is pulling up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer weight is lifted, her doors open and he knows she sober[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe grabs aholdst her she finds comfort underneath his shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs they embrace all of their worries are erased[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause together they can face all of obstacles in place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPulls out of the holler to go make a honest dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPay dues won't loose smile through the blues of blue collar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWork your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou don't care how they feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause the struggle is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI know the struggle is real[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI see the look in your eyes and I know how you feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWork your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou want to leave that single wide trailer in the holler for a house up on a hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou don't care how they feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause the struggle is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI know the struggle is real[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm G D\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","G","D","Am","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}