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[Verse]

A                    F#m
You had to learn the hard way
A              F#m
What everybody know
A                D
Y’know I hate to be the one
A                 F#m
To say I told you so
             D
You took the hard way
    E
The hard way
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The hardest way to go

[Verse]

A                  F#m
Now don’t forget I said it
       A                  F#m
Please take this tip from me
       A                  D
‘Cause I see where you’re headed
         A        F#m
And that way lies misery
             D
You took the hard way
    E
The hard way
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If only you could see

[Bridge]

D
Life could be so easy
E                                      A F#m
And trouble was never too hard to find
           A           F#m
It’ll find you in time
D
Life could be so easy
E                          A    F#m
It don’t hafta be a losing game
              D            E    A F#m A F#m
Any fool will tell you the same

[Verse]

A                 F#m     A  F#m
Advice is hard to swallow
     A       F#m
From anybody else
    A                  D
But mine won’t ring so hollow
       A              F#m
‘Cause I been there myself
           D
I took the hard way
    E
The hard way
              A    F#m A F#m
So I wish you well
           A    F#m
I took the hard way
           A    F#m
I took the hard way