The Hard Way
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
SONG: THE HARD WAY
ARTIST: ERIC CHURCH
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/sleEVejhfNI?si=SoS6H9aSGOFP8EvK
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
CAPO: NONE
[Intro]
E F#m7 A E
A E B E
{Verse}
E F#m A
Only fools would race down Grist Mill Road
B E
Let alone in angry weather
E F#m A
That what I tell everyone I know
B E
Now that I know better
[Chorus]
A E
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
A E
Without havin' to watch my Mustang burn
A E
Before my best buddy had to wind up hurt
F#m7 E A A
An' his whole life was changed
A B
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn
E E E E
The hard way
[Verse]
E F#m A
Only a fool would keep a diamond ring
B E
In a box on the top of his closet
E F#m7 A
He came so close he almost asked
Bsus4 B E
It was right there in his pocket
[Chorus]
A E
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
A E
Before standin' in the back row of that church
A E
Watchin' her daddy givin' her
F#m7 E A A
To the man who took my place
A B
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn
E
The hard way
[Break]
D A E
Regret's been know to give a man a beatin'
D A Bsus4 B B
But I ain't in the mood for fightin' back this evenin'
[Verse]
E F#m7 A
Only fools don't take the time of day
Bsus4 B E E
They stay too busy runnin'
E F#m A
An' to stop just once and tell their dad
B E
And just how much they love him
[Chorus]
A E
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
A E
Before the phone call came an' it was her
A C#m
No, Momma never had to say a word
F#m7 E A
I knew it was too late
A B B
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn
E F#m7 A A
The hard way
[Outro]
E F#m7 A A
The haaaard way
E F#m7 A A
The haaaard way
E F#m7 A A E F#m7 A E
The hard way
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SONG: THE HARD WAY
ARTIST: ERIC CHURCH
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/sleEVejhfNI?si=SoS6H9aSGOFP8EvK
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
THE HARD WAY
ERIC CHURCH
CAPO: 2nd FRET
[Intro]
D Em7 G D
G D A D
{Verse}
D Em G
Only fools would race down Grist Mill Road
A D
Let alone in angry weather
D Em G
That what I tell everyone I know
A D
Now that I know better
[Chorus]
G D
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
G D
Without havin' to watch my Mustang burn
G D
Before my best buddy had to wind up hurt
Em7 D G G
An' his whole life was changed
G A
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn
D D D D
The hard way
[Verse]
D Em G
Only a fool would keep a diamond ring
A D
In a box on the top of his closet
D Em7 G
He came so close he almost asked
Asus4 A D
It was right there in his pocket
[Chorus]
G D
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
G D
Before standin' in the back row of that church
G D
Watchin' her daddy givin' her
Em7 D G G
To the man who took my place
G A
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn
D
The hard way
[Break]
C G D
Regret's been know to give a man a beatin'
C G Asus4 A A
But I ain't in the mood for fightin' back this evenin'
[Verse]
D Em7 G
Only fools don't take the time of day
Asus4 A D D
They stay too busy runnin'
D Em G
An' to stop just once and tell their dad
A D
And just how much they love him
[Chorus]
G D
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
G D
Before the phone call came an' it was her
G Bm
No, Momma never had to say a word
Em7 D G
I knew it was too late
G A A
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn
D Em7 G G
The hard way
[Outro]
D Em7 G G
The haaaard way
D Em7 G G
The haaaard way
D Em7 G G D Em7 G D
The hard way
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