Growing Up The Hardway chords by Foreigner

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
|G+G |F# minorF#m |D MajorD |E minorEm | (2x)


Verse 1:
G+G                 F# minorF#m
 He's got nothing to say, he's got no excuse
      D MajorD                E minorEm
He's just made that way, and he's going to stay that way
    G+G                      F# minorF#m
Like a dog on the loose in a firework display in a world of his own
      D MajorD             E minorEm
No, no, no, he won't back down or go running back home

Chorus:
Dsus4Dsus4          D MajorD
He's come a long way in life
            Dsus4Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
        G+G  C# minorC#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
   F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5  C#5C#5  B5B5
In and out of trouble every day
 F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
Growing up the hard way
    F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5      C#5C#5 B5B5
Now no telling where you'll end up, boy


Instrumental:
|G+G |F# minorF#m |D MajorD |E minorEm |


Verse 2:
G+G                    F# minorF#m
 And he's got nothing to say, like he's lost for the worlds, his mind is in a daze
D MajorD              E minorEm
 That's his way, it's just a little game he plays
 G+G                 F# minorF#m
He's got nowhere to run while the city sleeps he wanders alone
D MajorD                  E minorEm
 Cutting through the steel and the hearts of stone

Chorus:
Dsus4Dsus4          D MajorD
He's come a long way in life
            Dsus4Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
        G+G  C# minorC#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
   F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5  C#5C#5  B5B5
In and out of trouble every day
 F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
Growing up the hard way
       F#5F#5    E5E5     F#5F#5  C#5C#5 B5B5
You'd better walk the straight and narrow
 F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
Growing up the hard way
F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5  C#5C#5  B5B5
In and out of trouble every day
 F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
Growing up the hard way
   F#5F#5    E5E5  F#5F#5    C#5C#5 B5B5
Never know what you're in for, boy


Solo:
|G+G |F# minorF#m |D MajorD |E minorEm |


Verse 3:
Dsus4Dsus4          D MajorD
He's come a long way in life
            Dsus4Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
        G+G  C# minorC#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
   F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5  C#5C#5  B5B5
In and out of trouble every day
   F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5F#5  E5E5  F#5F#5            C#5C#5 B5B5
  Yeah, and he's going to stay that way
        F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
You see, he's growing up the hard way
F#5F#5    E5E5     F#5F#5        C#5C#5 B5B5
Walk the straight and narrow yeah, maybe someday
        F#5F#5 E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
But still he's growing up the hard way
F#5F#5      E5E5 F#5F#5       C#5C#5 B5B5
  It's just the way he's grown up
    F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5 F#5F#5 E5E5 F#5F#5
Yeah, growing up the hard way
        C#5C#5    B5B5
There ain't no other way
 F#5F#5    E5E5 F#5F#5   C#5C#5 B5B5
Growing up the hard way