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