Intro
Gm C
Some people gotta learn the hardway
Gm
I guess I'm the kinda guy
C
That has to find out for myself
Gm C
I had to learn the hardway, Father
Gm C Gm
I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help
Gm C [8x]
[Verse 1]
Gm C
Now I've been high and I've been low
Gm C
I've been some places that you will not go
Gm C
I never thought there would come the day
Gm C
When I wished I never would've lived this way
Em D
But I've been searching for a long, long time
Em D
I thought the devil was a friend of mine
Em D
I turned my back on everything that was true
Em D
And wasted years that belong to you
Gm C
Some people gotta learn the hardway
Gm
I guess I'm the kinda guy
C
That has to find out for myself
Gm C
I had to learn the hardway, Father
Gm C Em
I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help
[Verse 2]
Gm C
It took so long for me to see
Gm C
That I'm a victim of nature and me
Gm C
Left to myself I realize
Gm C
I am the maker of my own demise
Em D
But you accept me every time and again
Em D
And never mention just how selfish I've been
Em D
Why must it always take me so long to see
Em D
That I have fallen but you will forgive me?
Gm C
Some people gotta learn the hardway
Gm
I guess I'm the kinda guy
C
That has to find out for myself
Gm C
I had to learn the hardway, Father
Gm C
I'm on my knees and I'm crying
[Solo]
Em C Gm Bm D Gm C Em D
Gm C
Some people gotta learn the hardway
Gm
I guess I'm the kinda guy
C
That has to find out for myself
Gm C
I had to learn the hardway, Father
Gm C
I'm on my knees and I'm crying
[Rap]
N.B
The warning signs are like flares in the night
N.B
Still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire
N.B
I know that's bound to burn
N.B
Why is it that I always gotta learn…
[End]
Gm C Gm C
The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway
Gm C Gm C
The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway
Gm C [8x]