F  Dm  B


[Verse 1]
           F
Change the oil when you’re supposed to

Drink the things you could make a toast to
       Dm
No such thing as luck, and don’t lose touch with the ones you grew up close to
             F
I always thought that there was plenty of fish out there in that blue sea
          Dm                                 B
'Til I caught and lost the one that was made for me


[Chorus]
               F
I learned the hard way, No stranger to the long way
                            Dm                                 B
Gotta treat her right, you won’t know what you lost until you’re lonely
                       F
And the score ain’t always even, Some doors are made for leavin’
                     Dm                                        B
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
                   F        C
I learned the hard way
                   Dm       B
I learned the hard way


[Verse 2]
         F
Keep the people by your side

And good friends are hard to find
         Dm                            B
Only thing that they ain’t making any more of here is time
        F
So say I love you if you mean it

And go practice what you’re preachin'
                Dm                            B
When it comes to God, ain’t always gotta see it to believe


[Chorus]
               F
I learned the hard way, No stranger to the long way
                            Dm                                 B
Gotta treat her right, you won’t know what you lost until you’re lonely
                       F
And the score ain’t always even, Some doors are made for leavin’
                     Dm                                        B
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
                   F        C
I learned the hard way
                   Dm       B
I learned the hard way


[Verse 3]
  B
I’ve learned you can’t go undefeated
   B
Life comes and goes in seasons
   B
And everything that happens always happens for a reason
  F            Dm            B
The hard way, the hard way


[Chorus]
               F
I learned the hard way, No stranger to the long way
                            Dm                                 B
Gotta treat her right, you won’t know what you lost until you’re lonely
                       F
And the score ain’t always even, Some doors are made for leavin’
                     Dm                                        B
Take it from me that most good things in life just don’t come easy
                   F        C
I learned the hard way
                   Dm       B
I learned the hard way


[Outro]
               F
I learned the hard way
                Dm     Gm    B
I learned the hard way