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