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The Hard Way by Switchfoot

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Intermediate 💪

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro: 

D E F# A D E F#  x2



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

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


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


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


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


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


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

The Hard Way Chords Info

Published: August 20, 2021

Last Updated: March 9, 2026

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Chords: E, A, D, G, B, F#, F#m, Bm, C