The Hard Way chords by Switchfoot

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

D E F# A D E F# x2



🎸 Verse 1:
D
Oh, my head
             A
Lately my eyes have been bloodshot red
               E
I'm looking for somewhere to hide
                  F#
Could you tell me where I needed to go?
D

Oh, my head
              A
Lately all my thoughts are arriving dead
                E
I drift where the sea meets the sky
                  F#
Could you tell me what I needed to know, oh?


🎸 Chorus:
A
Maybe I always learn things the hard way
E
I learn best from my mistakes
F#m
The road I took was the wrong one
D
It all works in the long run
A
Maybe there's no such thing as a rewind
E
Therе's no way to go back in time
F#m
I learn best from thе replay
D                  D E F# A D E F#
I always learn things the hard way


🎸 Verse 2:
D
Words were said
            A
Now even the pain wants peace instead
             E
I bury my thoughts in the tide
                  F#
Could you tell me where I needed to go?
D
Oh, my bad
               A
Echoes of the truths and the lies we said
               E
The ocean, the mirror of the sky
                F#
Tell me everything I needed to know


🎸 Chorus:
  A
Oh, maybe I can't keep blaming it all on luck
E
When I complain, then I self-destruct
F#m
Maybe it's me with the problems
D
Stuck looking at you trying to solve them
A
Maybe there's no such thing as a rewind
E
There's no way to go back in time
F#m
I learn best from the replay
D
I learn things the hard way


🎸 Bridge:
    D
'Cause maybe the learning comes from the mistake
Bm
There's no beauty without pain
A
No one said it would be easy
Bm
We can't undo the things we said
D
Even if I could, would you believe me?
Bm
No one said it would be easy
A                   E
Maybe the song we sang was just out of time
                 E
Maybe we could give it one more try
      E
One more try
     D A E F#
Yeah, yeah


🎸 Chorus:
  A
Oh, maybe the small violin and the tissue
E
Hoping to put it behind me and kiss you
F#m
Singing along to chorus of “fix you”
D
All along it was me with the issues
A
Maybe there's no such thing as an easy fix
E
In love and war, in politics
F#m
Maybe it's time that I dealt with this
D
Finally love takes the hard way


🎸 Outro:
A
(Maybe there's no such thing) As the free road
E
(Maybe there's no such thing) As the free road
F#m
(Maybe there's no such thing) As a rewind
D
(Maybe there's no such thing) I know why you walked away
A
(Maybe there's no such thing) As a quick fix
E
(Maybe there's no such thing) But I don't wanna live like this
F#m              N.C. (Break glass)
(Maybe there's no such thing) I always learn things the hard way