Growing Up The Hardway chords by Foreigner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
|G |F#m |D |Em | (2x)


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

Chorus:
Dsus4          D
He's come a long way in life
            Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
        G  C#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
   F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5    E5 F#5  C#5  B5
In and out of trouble every day
 F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
Growing up the hard way
    F#5    E5 F#5      C#5 B5
Now no telling where you'll end up, boy


Instrumental:
|G |F#m |D |Em |


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


Chorus:
Dsus4          D
He's come a long way in life
            Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
        G  C#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
   F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5    E5 F#5  C#5  B5
In and out of trouble every day
 F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
Growing up the hard way
       F#5    E5     F#5  C#5 B5
You'd better walk the straight and narrow
 F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
Growing up the hard way
F#5    E5 F#5  C#5  B5
In and out of trouble every day
 F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
Growing up the hard way
   F#5    E5  F#5    C#5 B5
Never know what you're in for, boy


Solo:
|G |F#m |D |Em |


Verse 3:
Dsus4          D
He's come a long way in life
            Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
        G  C#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
   F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5    E5 F#5  C#5  B5
In and out of trouble every day
   F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5  E5  F#5            C#5 B5
  Yeah, and he's going to stay that way
        F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
You see, he's growing up the hard way
F#5    E5     F#5        C#5 B5
Walk the straight and narrow yeah, maybe someday
        F#5 E5 F#5   C#5 B5
But still he's growing up the hard way
F#5      E5 F#5       C#5 B5
  It's just the way he's grown up
    F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5 F#5 E5 F#5
Yeah, growing up the hard way
        C#5    B5
There ain't no other way
 F#5    E5 F#5   C#5 B5
Growing up the hard way