C                        F
    You can get it if you really want, 
C                          F
    you can get it if you really want,
C                          F
    you can get it if you really want,
                  C            G            F
    but you must try, try and try, try and try,  
G                      C   F   C   F
    you'll succeed at last.
  C       G      F
1.  Persecution you must bear, 
C           G                F
    win or lose, you got to get your share,
                     F
    got your mind set on a dream,
 G                          G7
    you can get it, though hard it may seem, now.  
     + REFRAIN
  C            G         F
2.   Rome was not built in a day, 
C        G           F
    opposition will come your way,
                       F
    but the harder the battle you see,
G                         G7
    it's the sweeter the victory, now.  
+ REFRAIN   + REFRAIN