The Hard Way Chords by Eric Church

Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
  • Key: E
  • Capo: 2nd fret
  • Chords: D, Em, Em7, A, G
  • BPM: 73
  • Suggested Strumming:
  • D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
The Hard Way

Track Info

[Intro]
D Em7 G D G D A D [Verse]
D Em Only fools would race down
G
Grist Mill Road
A D Let alone in angry weather D Em G That what I tell everyone I know A D Now that I know better [Chorus]
G That's a lesson I wish
D
I woulda learned
G Without havin' to
D
watch my Mustang burn
G Before my best buddy
D
had to wind up hurt
Em7 D G G An' his whole life was changed G That's a lesson I wish
A
I didn't learn
D D D D The hard way [Verse]
D Em Only a fool would keep
G
a diamond ring
A D In a box on the top of his closet D Em7 He came so close
G
he almost asked
Asus4 A D It was right there in his pocket [Chorus]
G That's a lesson I wish
D
I woulda learned
G Before standin' in the
D
back row of that church
G D Watchin' her daddy givin' her Em7 D G G To the man who took my place G That's a lesson I wish
A
I didn't learn
D The hard way [Break]
C G Regret's been know to give
D
a man a beatin'
C G But I ain't in the mood for fightin'
Asus4 A A
back this evenin'
[Verse]
D Em7 Only fools don't take the
G
time of day
Asus4 A D D They stay too busy runnin' D Em An' to stop just once and
G
tell their dad
A And just how much
D
they love him
[Chorus]
G That's a lesson I wish
D
I woulda learned
G Before the phone call came
D
an' it was her
G Bm No, Momma never had to say a word Em7 D G I knew it was too late G That's a lesson I wish
A A
I didn't learn
D Em7 G G The hard way [Outro]
D Em7 G G The haaaard way D Em7 G G The haaaard way D Em7 G G D Em7 G D The hard way

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