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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2131937,"song":"The Hard Way","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2131937-the-hard-way-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2131937?type=chord","rating":4.77425,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, the hells I put myself through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe fights I didn't need to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis thick head of mine ya couldn't get through[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHad to do it wrong just to get it right ...just to get it right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDeep are the memories as a young boy of the lessons that I learned[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy mama warnin' me that fire is no toy[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYa play with fire boy and you get burned ...Oh I got burned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat others learned in Sunday school I learned by gettin' black n' blue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, the hells I put myself through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe fights I didn't need to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis thick head of mine ya couldn't get through[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHad to do it wrong just to get it right ...just to get it right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe hard way I learned the hard way I learned the hard way [/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}