|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