The Hard Way chords by Switchfoot

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD E MajorE F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE F#F# x2


🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD
Oh, my head
             A augmentedA
Lately my eyes have been bloodshot red
               E MajorE
I'm looking for somewhere to hide
                  F#F#
Could you tell me where I needed to go?
D MajorD
Oh, my head
              A augmentedA
Lately all my thoughts are arriving dead
                E MajorE
I drift where the sea meets the sky
                  F#F#
Could you tell me what I needed to know, oh?

🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA
Maybe I always learn things the hard way
E MajorE
I learn best from my mistakes
F# minorF#m
The road I took was the wrong one
D MajorD
It all works in the long run
A augmentedA
Maybe there's no such thing as a rewind
E MajorE
Therе's no way to go back in time
F# minorF#m
I learn best from thе replay
D MajorD                  D MajorD E MajorE F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE F#F#
I always learn things the hard way


🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD
Words were said
            A augmentedA
Now even the pain wants peace instead
             E MajorE
I bury my thoughts in the tide
                  F#F#
Could you tell me where I needed to go?
D MajorD
Oh, my bad
               A augmentedA
Echoes of the truths and the lies we said
               E MajorE
The ocean, the mirror of the sky
                F#F#
Tell me everything I needed to know

🎸 Chorus:
  A augmentedA
Oh, maybe I can't keep blaming it all on luck
E MajorE
When I complain, then I self-destruct
F# minorF#m
Maybe it's me with the problems
D MajorD
Stuck looking at you trying to solve them
A augmentedA
Maybe there's no such thing as a rewind
E MajorE
There's no way to go back in time
F# minorF#m
I learn best from the replay
D MajorD
I learn things the hard way


🎸 Bridge:
    D MajorD
'Cause maybe the learning comes from the mistake
B minorBm
There's no beauty without pain
A augmentedA
No one said it would be easy
B minorBm
We can't undo the things we said
D MajorD
Even if I could, would you believe me?
B minorBm
No one said it would be easy
A augmentedA                   E MajorE
Maybe the song we sang was just out of time
                 E MajorE
Maybe we could give it one more try
      E MajorE
One more try
     D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F#F#
Yeah, yeah


🎸 Chorus:
  A augmentedA
Oh, maybe the small violin and the tissue
E MajorE
Hoping to put it behind me and kiss you
F# minorF#m
Singing along to chorus of “fix you”
D MajorD
All along it was me with the issues
A augmentedA
Maybe there's no such thing as an easy fix
E MajorE
In love and war, in politics
F# minorF#m
Maybe it's time that I dealt with this
D MajorD
Finally love takes the hard way


🎸 Outro:
A augmentedA
(Maybe there's no such thing) As the free road
E MajorE
(Maybe there's no such thing) As the free road
F# minorF#m
(Maybe there's no such thing) As a rewind
D MajorD
(Maybe there's no such thing) I know why you walked away
A augmentedA
(Maybe there's no such thing) As a quick fix
E MajorE
(Maybe there's no such thing) But I don't wanna live like this
F# minorF#m              N.C. (Break glass)
(Maybe there's no such thing) I always learn things the hard way