The Hard Way chords by Eric Church

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard(E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:


D MajorD E minor 7Em7  G+G  D MajorD
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD


🎸 Verse:

   D MajorD      E minorEm
Only fools would race down
 G+G
Grist Mill Road
   A augmentedA       D MajorD
Let alone in angry weather
   D MajorD   E minorEm    G+G
That what I tell everyone I know
 A augmentedA        D MajorD
Now that I know better

🎸 Chorus:

     G+G
That's a lesson I wish
  D MajorD
I woulda learned
     G+G
Without havin' to
     D MajorD
watch my Mustang burn
    G+G
Before my best buddy
    D MajorD
had to wind up hurt
  E minor 7Em7    D MajorD    G+G   G+G
An' his whole life was changed

     G+G
That's a lesson I wish
  A augmentedA
I didn't learn
   D MajorD    D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD
The hard way


🎸 Verse:

    D MajorD     E minorEm
Only a fool would keep
  G+G
a diamond ring
   A augmentedA           D MajorD
In a box on the top of his closet
  D MajorD   E minor 7Em7
He came so close
  G+G
he almost asked
    Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA    D MajorD
It was right there in his pocket

🎸 Chorus:

     G+G
That's a lesson I wish
  D MajorD
I woulda learned
    G+G
Before standin' in the
     D MajorD
back row of that church
 G+G         D MajorD
Watchin' her daddy givin' her
    E minor 7Em7   D MajorD    G+G  G+G
To the man who took my place

     G+G
That's a lesson I wish
  A augmentedA
I didn't learn
   D MajorD
The hard way


🎸 Break:

  C majorC         G+G
Regret's been know to give
     D MajorD
a man a beatin'
      C majorC        G+G
But I ain't in the mood for fightin'
     Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA  A augmentedA
back this evenin'


🎸 Verse:

   D MajorD     E minor 7Em7
Only fools don't take the
 G+G
time of day
   Asus4Asus4   A augmentedA  D MajorD   D MajorD
They stay too busy runnin'

    D MajorD     E minorEm
An' to stop just once and
 G+G
tell their dad
   A augmentedA
And just how much
   D MajorD
they love him


🎸 Chorus:

     G+G
That's a lesson I wish
  D MajorD
I woulda learned
      G+G
Before the phone call came
  D MajorD
an' it was her
   G+G         B minorBm
No, Momma never had to say a word

 E minor 7Em7   D MajorD    G+G
I knew it was too late
     G+G
That's a lesson I wish
  A augmentedA       A augmentedA
I didn't learn

     D MajorD E minor 7Em7 G+G G+G
The hard way


🎸 Outro:

    D MajorD    E minor 7Em7 G+G G+G
The haaaard way
    D MajorD    E minor 7Em7 G+G G+G
The haaaard way

      D MajorD E minor 7Em7 G+G G+G  D MajorD E minor 7Em7 G+G D MajorD
The hard way


Chords used in The Hard Way by Eric Church:
D, Em, Em7, A, G+G

The Hard Way chords

The Hard Way by Eric Church is a song from the album Sinners Like Me.