The Hard Way Chords by Eric Church

The Hard Way by Eric Church

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Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)

🎸 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
 

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

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