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