Intro
F# D#m C
[Verse 1]
F#
Change the oil when you’re supposed to
Drink the things you could make a toast to
D#m
No such thing as luck, and don’t lose touch with the ones you grew up close to
F#
I always thought that there was plenty of fish out there in that blue sea
D#m C
'Til I caught and lost the one that was made for me
[Chorus]
F#
I learned the hard way, No stranger to the long way
D#m C
Gotta treat her right, you won’t know what you lost until you’re lonely
F#
And the score ain’t always even, Some doors are made for leavin’
D#m C
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
F# C#
I learned the hard way
D#m C
I learned the hard way
[Verse 2]
F#
Keep the people by your side
And good friends are hard to find
D#m C
Only thing that they ain’t making any more of here is time
F#
So say I love you if you mean it
And go practice what you’re preachin'
D#m C
When it comes to God, ain’t always gotta see it to believe
[Chorus]
F#
I learned the hard way, No stranger to the long way
D#m C
Gotta treat her right, you won’t know what you lost until you’re lonely
F#
And the score ain’t always even, Some doors are made for leavin’
D#m C
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
F# C#
I learned the hard way
D#m C
I learned the hard way
[Verse 3]
C
I’ve learned you can’t go undefeated
C
Life comes and goes in seasons
C
And everything that happens always happens for a reason
F# D#m C
The hard way, the hard way
[Chorus]
F#
I learned the hard way, No stranger to the long way
D#m C
Gotta treat her right, you won’t know what you lost until you’re lonely
F#
And the score ain’t always even, Some doors are made for leavin’
D#m C
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
F# C#
I learned the hard way
D#m C
I learned the hard way
[Outro]
F#
I learned the hard way
D#m G#m C
I learned the hard way