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