{"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":648840,"song":"Hard Way","artist":"The Kinks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/648840-hard-way-chords-by-the-kinks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/648840?type=chord","rating":4.45205,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBoys like you were born to waste[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou never listen to a word I say[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if you think you're here to mess around you're making a big mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cos you're gonna find out the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna find out the hard way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo matter what I do or say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou're much too dumb to educate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne day life's going to turn around and slap you in the face[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen you're gonna find out the hard way (you can take the hard way)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGonna take the hard way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWell, you do it your way and I'll do it my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe'll see who's the one to survive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou'll find that with no foundation or qualifications[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's no way that you can get by[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNo, there's no way you can get by[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhy don't you take the easy way?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhy don't you co-operate?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't just sit there and vegetate,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo you want to end up illiterate?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   x4\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou think that life's a vacation and you've no inclination[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo dust away the cobwebs of your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow it's time for confrontation and I'm tired of being patient[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I've got to be cruel to be kind, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've got to be cruel to be kind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm wasting my vocation teaching you to write neat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen you're only fit to sweep the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYour intellect is such that it requires a curate's touch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I'm going to play it your way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can take the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGoing to take the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n          You can take the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n          Gonna take the hard way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n          You're gonna take the hard way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   x4\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE   D   A   A   x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nE   D   A   A   x4\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nE   D   A   A   x4\nB   F#   D   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