Intro
C Am F#
[Verse 1]
C
Change the oil when you’re supposed to
Drink the things you could make a toast to
Am
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
Am F#
'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
Am F#
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’
Am F#
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
C G
I learned the hard way
Am F#
I learned the hard way
[Verse 2]
C
Keep the people by your side
And good friends are hard to find
Am F#
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'
Am F#
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
Am F#
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’
Am F#
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
C G
I learned the hard way
Am F#
I learned the hard way
[Verse 3]
F#
I’ve learned you can’t go undefeated
F#
Life comes and goes in seasons
F#
And everything that happens always happens for a reason
C Am F#
The hard way, the hard way
[Chorus]
C
I learned the hard way, No stranger to the long way
Am F#
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’
Am F#
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
C G
I learned the hard way
Am F#
I learned the hard way
[Outro]
C
I learned the hard way
Am Dm F#
I learned the hard way