{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2672580,"song":"The Hardway","artist":"dc Talk","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11521988-the-hardway-chords-by-dc-talk/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2672580?type=chord","rating":4.61033,"votes":9,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nSome people gotta learn the hardway[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess I'm the kinda guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nThat has to find out for myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI had to learn the hardway, Father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C2[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm on my knees and I'm crying for help[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C2[/ch] [8x]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nNow I've been high and I've been low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI've been some places that you will not go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI never thought there would come the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nWhen I wished I never would've lived this way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I've been searching for a long, long time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought the devil was a friend of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI turned my back on everything that was true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd wasted years that belong to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nSome people gotta learn the hardway[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess I'm the kinda guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nThat has to find out for myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI had to learn the hardway, Father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C2[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm on my knees and I'm crying for help[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nIt took so long for me to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nThat I'm a victim of nature and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nLeft to myself I realize[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI am the maker of my own demise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you accept me every time and again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd never mention just how selfish I've been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy must it always take me so long to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I have fallen but you will forgive me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nSome people gotta learn the hardway[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess I'm the kinda guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nThat has to find out for myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI had to learn the hardway, Father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI'm on my knees and I'm crying[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C2[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C2[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nSome people gotta learn the hardway[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess I'm the kinda guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nThat has to find out for myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI had to learn the hardway, Father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nI'm on my knees and I'm crying[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Rap]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe warning signs are like flares in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C2[/ch]\r\nStill I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know that's bound to burn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C2[/ch]                                   [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nWhy is it that I always gotta learn…[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C2[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nThe hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C2[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C2[/ch]\r\nThe hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C2[/ch] [8x]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C2 [8x]\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\nEm C2 G Bm\nG C2 Em D\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Rap]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\nG C2 [8x]","chords":["G","C2","Em","D","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}