The Struggle Is Real Chords by Struggle Jennings

[Start]

[Intro]
Em G D Am              Em
■  ■ ■ Struggle's real ■ 
G D       Am
■ So real ■ 


[Verse]
Em               G                            D  
■  Five am comes early jacking Folgers in his cup
                             Am                        Em   
He wakes her up and lays her clothes out and packs her lunch
                         G         
Got to rush to catch the school bus
          Am            
Ponytails and toothbrush
                   Am           
Sometimes it seems it's too much
         Em                   
He waves goodbye then he sighs
G                                    
Twelvehour days and barely getting by
A7                                                  Am           Em  
Her mama working third shift and he hopes she ain't back getting high
                    G                     
On a slippery slope slowly slip into a pit
Am          D             Am                                
Hanging off her dear life losing 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               Em  
You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill
          D                 
You don't care how they feel
C                          
'cause the struggle is real
  D                      Em  
I ■ know the struggle is real


[Verse]
                       G                               
She's almost forty and still dancing on that brass pole
D                           Am           Em     
Customers are disrespectful manager's an asshole
                  G                         
Her greater goals overshadow all the sorrows
D                             Am                        
Five am will take forever few more minutes 'til tomorrow
Em                        G                               
Not enough dollars in her garter for their house of dreams
D                          Am7   Am                     Em    
Run into the dressing room slams the door and starts to scream
                      G                               
Where she wants to be in life is still a distant image
D                         Am                         
At her wit's end still is infinite 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         Em  
You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill
          D             C   
You don't care how they feel
C                          
'cause the struggle is real
D                      Em  
I know the struggle is real


[Inst]
G Em D Am7 C Em Em7 Gmaj7
■ ■  ■ ■   ■ ■  ■   ■    
Em7 D Am Em
■   ■ ■  ■ 


[Verse]
                                                      D    
He walks outside and throws his tools into his pickup truck
                        C                     Em
Looks up and smiles see her Altima is pulling up
                                                        D    
Her weight is lifted her door's open and he knows she's sober
                        C                            Em      
He grabs the holder she finds comfort underneath his shoulder
                             Em                
As they embrace all of their worries are erased
D                                  C             Em      
Because together they can face all the obstacles in place
                           Em                      
Pulls out of the holler to go make an honest dollar
D                                      C                   
Paid dues won't lose smile through the blues of blue collar


[Chorus]
                       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         Em  
You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill
          D             C   
You don't care how they feel
                       D   
'cause the struggle is real
          C                       D                 Em  
I see the look in your eyes and I know just how you feel
C                          D                      Em   
■ Work your fingers to the bone just to cover the bills
          C                       D                           G                   
You wanna leave that single white trailer in the hollow for a house up on the hill
Em        D                 
You don't care how they feel
C                      D   
'cause the struggle is real
                       Em  
I know the struggle is real


[End]