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