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The Hard Way

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Dmixolydian

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1/120

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|
G|-----------------------------------|---457---797---797---797-|---|
D|---4h57--4h5p4p0---4h5p4---4h5p4p0-|---457---777---777---777-|---|
A|--5----5--------3-------3----------|-5-----5----53----3------|-5-|
E|-------------------------3---------|-------------------3-----|---|
[Verse]
DI'm moving in
She's moving Cout Gto Los Angeles
DShe's got a truck; she's got my Cstuff
GPacked into it
[Pre-Chorus]
DBut seven months
Was just enoughC  
Of Gputting up with me
DImagine that
A baseball Cbat upGside her TV
she Esays she needs some Gtherapy
[Chorus]
You know it Dseemed so simple Gbefore
She could have Dasked
I would have given her Aanything
And now it's D1, 2, C3
Blame it Gall on me
And I Ahad to find it out the Dhard way
e|-----------------------------------|---|
B|-----------------------------------|---|
G|-----------------------------------|---|
D|---4h57--4h5p4p0---4h5p4---4h5p4p0-|---|
A|--5----5--------3-------3----------|-5-|
E|-------------------------3---------|---|
[Verse]
DShe calls me up
She's breaking Cdown
GIn Los Angeles
DShe misses home
She's all aClone
G|
She can't handle it
[Pre-Chorus]
DBut seven months was just enoughC  
Of Gputting up with her
DYour brand new nose & bigger Cboobs
They don't Gchange a thing
And Eyeah, you need some GtherapyE  
I think you need some Ghelp
[Chorus]
You know it Dseemed so simple Gbefore
She could have Dasked
I would have given her Aanything
And now it's D1, 2, C3
Blame it Gall on me
And I Ahad to find it out the Dhard way
And then it's D1, 2, C3
Blame it Gall on me
And I Ahad to find it out the Dhard way
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-77-99-121212-1111-----7-77-99-121212-1111---|
D|--x-xx-xx-x-x-x--x-x------x-xx-xx-x-x-x--x-x----|
A|--5-55-77-101010-9-9------5-55-77-101010-9-9----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--7-77-99-121212-1111-----7-77-99-1212--|
D|--x-xx-xx-x-x-x--x-x------x-xx-xx-x-x---|
A|--5-55-77-101010-9-9------5-55-77-1010--|
E|----------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
C#mShe's got a Dlot to figure Aout
She's got a Elot to think aboutC#m  
She's got a Dlot to forget Aabout
She's got a Elot to live withoutC#m  
So many Dthings to miss aAbout meE  
[Chorus]
You know it Dseemed so simple Gbefore
She could have Dasked
I would have given her Aanything
And now it's D1, 2, C3
Blame it Gall on me
And I Ahad to find it out the Dhard way
And then it's D1, 2, C3
Blame it Gall on me
And I Ahad to find it out the Dhard way
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|
G|-----------------------------------|---457---797---797---797-|---|
D|---4h57--4h5p4p0---4h5p4---4h5p4p0-|---457---777---777---777-|---|
A|--5----5--------3-------3----------|-5-----5----53----3------|-5-|
E|-------------------------3---------|-------------------3-----|---|
************************************
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| x  Dead note
************************************

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The Hard Way

by Bowling for Soup

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C#m

[Intro]

e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|

B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|

G|-----------------------------------|---457---797---797---797-|---|

D|---4h57--4h5p4p0---4h5p4---4h5p4p0-|---457---777---777---777-|---|

A|--5----5--------3-------3----------|-5-----5----53----3------|-5-|

E|-------------------------3---------|-------------------3-----|---|

[Verse]

I'm moving in

C G

She's moving out to Los Angeles

D C

She's got a truck; she's got my stuff

Packed into it

[Pre-Chorus]

But seven months

Was just enough

Of putting up with me

Imagine that

C G

A baseball bat upside her TV

E G

she says she needs some therapy

[Chorus]

D G

You know it seemed so simple before

She could have asked

I would have given her anything

D C

And now it's 1, 2, 3

Blame it all on me

A D

And I had to find it out the hard way

e|-----------------------------------|---|

B|-----------------------------------|---|

G|-----------------------------------|---|

D|---4h57--4h5p4p0---4h5p4---4h5p4p0-|---|

A|--5----5--------3-------3----------|-5-|

E|-------------------------3---------|---|

[Verse]

She calls me up

She's breaking down

In Los Angeles

She misses home

She's all alone

She can't handle it

[Pre-Chorus]

D C

But seven months was just enough

Of putting up with her

D C

Your brand new nose & bigger boobs

They don't change a thing

E G E

And yeah, you need some therapy

I think you need some help

[Chorus]

D G

You know it seemed so simple before

She could have asked

I would have given her anything

D C

And now it's 1, 2, 3

Blame it all on me

A D

And I had to find it out the hard way

D C

And then it's 1, 2, 3

Blame it all on me

A D

And I had to find it out the hard way

e|------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------------|

G|--7-77-99-121212-1111-----7-77-99-121212-1111---|

D|--x-xx-xx-x-x-x--x-x------x-xx-xx-x-x-x--x-x----|

A|--5-55-77-101010-9-9------5-55-77-101010-9-9----|

E|------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------|

G|--7-77-99-121212-1111-----7-77-99-1212--|

D|--x-xx-xx-x-x-x--x-x------x-xx-xx-x-x---|

A|--5-55-77-101010-9-9------5-55-77-1010--|

E|----------------------------------------|

[Bridge]

C#m D A

She's got a lot to figure out

E C#m

She's got a lot to think about

D A

She's got a lot to forget about

E C#m

She's got a lot to live without

D A E

So many things to miss about me

[Chorus]

D G

You know it seemed so simple before

She could have asked

I would have given her anything

D C

And now it's 1, 2, 3

Blame it all on me

A D

And I had to find it out the hard way

D C

And then it's 1, 2, 3

Blame it all on me

A D

And I had to find it out the hard way

e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|

B|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|

G|-----------------------------------|---457---797---797---797-|---|

D|---4h57--4h5p4p0---4h5p4---4h5p4p0-|---457---777---777---777-|---|

A|--5----5--------3-------3----------|-5-----5----53----3------|-5-|

E|-------------------------3---------|-------------------3-----|---|

************************************

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| x Dead note

************************************

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