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