Feb 2022
You’ll have to get there on your own
Debbie Annen 2/2022
D
If you want it
Em
If you really want it
A
you gotta do the work
D
you gotta think it through
D
If you want it
Em
If you really want it
A D
you gotta get there on your own
G D
If you want to grow a garden
A
you’ve got to get
D
the dirt on your hands
G D
If you want to be a cook
A
you’ve got to feel
D
the heat from the pan
D
There are no free rides
Em A D
No tickets waiting at the gate
D
If you want it
Em
If you really want it
A D
you gotta get there on your own
G D
if you want to strum the strings
A D
you’ve got to raise a blister or two
G D
if you want to raise a building
A D
you have to hold the hammer in your hand
D Em
your friends can cheer you on
A D
your advisers can advise you
D Em
but you gotta do the work
A D
you gotta get there on your own
G D
if it can be given
A D
it can be taken away
G D
make the mess and sort it out
A D
you’ve got to get there on your own
REPEAT #1
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” ~ Jack London
“Only I can change my life. No one else can do it for me.” ~ Carol Burnett
@ukufriday Feb 2022
This is my favorite so far. It has a Jamaica Farewell kind of feeling. Your first verse was your last verse. I’m thinking it could be a sort of chorus that you could come back to maybe a third time in the middle of the song. Just a thought.
@timfatchen Feb 2022
Good, moral, punchy, great advice, and no one will listen and act anyway (that's the cymic in me) but you gotta say it regardless. It's said well here. You've got chords, i sthis being demo'ed? if so I'd like to hear it when it comes up. Ping pls.