The Hard Way Every Time

           C      Am       Em     
Yeah, I've had my share of broken 
F
dreams
    Am          G         F    C
And more than a couple of fa-a-alls
       C       Am     Em          
And in chasing what I thought were 
 F
moonbeams
       Am         G         F     C
I have run into a couple of walls
       Am                  G
But in looking back at the places 
I've been
    Dm           Em          F
The changes that I've left behind
       Dm                F
I just look at myself to find
G                           Am   
  I've learned the hard way every
       G
 time


[Verse 2]
            C      Am       Em
'Cause I've had my share of good 
     F
intentions
         Am      G      
And I've made my share of 
     F    C
mista-a-akes
         C          Am         Em
And I've learned at times it's 
      F
best to bend
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              Am          G       
'Cause if you don't, well those 
      F      C
are the brea-a-aks
            Am                 
Should have listened to all the 
 G
things I was told
          Dm            Em        
But I was young and too proud at 
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the time
      Dm                F
Now I look at myself to find
G                         Am     
   I learned the hard way every 
     G
time


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[Verse 3]
       Am                  G
But in looking back at the lessons 
I've learned
       Dm          Em        F
Or the mountains I wanted to climb
       Dm                F
I just look at myself to find
G                           Am   
  I've learned the hard way every
       G
 time


[Verse 4]
            C      Am       Em    
'Cause I've had my share of broken 
 F
dreams
    Am          G         F    C
And more than a couple of fa-a-alls
       C       Am     Em          
And in chasing what I thought were 
 F
moonbeams
       Am         G         F     C
I have run into a couple of walls
       Am                  G
But in looking back at the places 
I've been
        Dm          Em           F
I would sure be the first one to say
       Dm               F
When I look at myself today
G                        Am      
  Wouldn't-a done it any other 
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way