The Hard Way Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The Hard Way[Am]
[D]The hard way to get here,
the hard way to stay
[A]The hard way to work
and the hard [D]way to play
The hard way, the [B]long [D]way,
the rough way, the slow
[A]The hard way to get here
and the old hard way to [D]go
They tell me that I first saw light in 1844
[A]In a wagon in the hills of Tenness[D]ee
And my mother soon lay dead
With an [G]arrow through her head
So it [A]started out the old hard way for [D]me
[Bb]The hard way t[Eb]o get here,
the hard way to [Bb]stay
The hard way to work
and the hard way to [Eb]play
The hard way, the long way,
the [C]rough way, [Bb]the slow
The old hard way to get here
and the old hard way to [Eb]go
I hunted possum and raccoon
to get my share of grub.
[Bb]I fo[F]ught the bea[Bb]r to
rob the honey[Eb]bee
When I was only five
that is how I stayed alive
Everything has [Bb]been the old hard
way for [Eb]me. I
Never settled anywhere.
He never earned [Bb]no pay
a bottle was his steady company.
[Eb]I
I never learned to write,
all I [Ab]learned to do is fight
[Bb]Everything's been the old hard way for [Eb]me
[B]The har[E]d way to get here,
the hard way to [B]stay
The hard way to work
and the hard way to play
[E]The hard way, the long way,
the rough way, the [B]slow
The hard way to get here
and the old hard way to [E]go
The bugle started blowin' back in 1861
I [B]pulled up stakes and volunteered with [E]Lee
I marched with old Stonewall
till I [A]met a cannonball
[B]Everything's been the
old hard way for [E]me
[C]The [F]hard way to get here,
the hard way to stay
[C]The hard way to work
and the hard way to [F]play
The hard way, the long way,
the rough [C]way, the slow
The hard way to get here
and the old hard way to [F]go
[C]So [F]all good folk who come this way
and look upon this stone,
[C]please say a prayer and
set my [F]spirit free.
Won't you help me reach my goal,
because I'm [Bb]down here
shoveling [Gm]coal.
Everything [C]is still the old hard
way for [F]me.
Everything [Gm]is still the
[C]old hard way for [F]me.
[Gm]Everything is still the [C]old hard
way for [F]me.
[Bb][F]