The Hard Way chords by Eric Church

• Capo on 2nd

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