[Verse]
G C F
Oh, the hells I put myself through
G C
The fights I didn't need to fight
G F
This thick head of mine ya couldn't get through
G C G C
Had to do it wrong just to get it right ...just to get it right
[Chorus]
G C G F C
I learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way
G C F C
Sure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell
C G C A G C
The right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on
C F G C
Deep are the memories as a young boy of the lessons that I learned
F
My mama warnin' me that fire is no toy
G
Ya play with fire boy and you get burned ...Oh I got burned
[Chorus]
G C G F C
I learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way
G C F C
Sure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell
C G C A G C
The right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on
A G A G
What others learned in Sunday school I learned by gettin' black n' blue
[Chorus]
G C G F C
I learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way
G C F C
Sure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell
C G C A G C
The right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on
G C F
Oh, the hells I put myself through
G C
The fights I didn't need to fight
G F
This thick head of mine ya couldn't get through
G C G C
Had to do it wrong just to get it right ...just to get it right
[Chorus]
G C G F C
I learned the Hard Way but the hard way taught me well the hard way
G C F C
Sure put this boy through some hell The hard way it taught me how to tell
C G C A G C
The right way from the wrong and on which side I belong on
C G C C C
The hard way I learned the hard way I learned the hard way