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