Lessons Learned Chords
Lessons Learned by Dan Fogelberg is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords A, G, E, G/F, Em, D, Dmaj7, Amaj7 and F#m7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
| A | A | G | G E | A | A | G G/F | Em D Dmaj7 E |
A G | G E |
You with the past at your back and the future unsure . . . .
A D A G
Asked for the chance to try love once more
Dmaj7 Amaj7 F#m7
Well aware of the consequences should the dream fall through
Dmaj7 D A E
You threw down you last defenses wanting to try something new
D A E
Wanting to try something new
A G | G E |
You found me in a sea of confusion drifting with the tide . . . .
A D A G
Living on love that had long since died
Dmaj7 Amaj7 F#m7
But every time that I touch you, baby . I feel a little more alive
Dmaj7
. And I'm reminded how much you've made me
D A E
Believe in the love that survives
D A E
You know we must believe in the love that survives
Dmaj7
Oh, lessons learned are like bridges burned
Amaj7 F#m7
You only need to cross them but once
Dmaj7 E A
Is the knowledge gained worth the price of the pain?
D A E
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?
D A E
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?
| F#m7 | F#m7 | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | F#m7 | F#m7 | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| D | D | Amaj7 | F#m7 | D | D | D A | E | D A | E |
A G | G E |
Borne on the first warms winds of feelings newly found . . . .
A D A G
Fly but remember don't look down
Dmaj7
Take as much as you think you ought to
Amaj7 F#m7
Give just as much as you can
Dmaj7
Don't forget what your failures have taught you
D A E
Or else you'll learn them all over again
D A E
Or else you'll have to learn them all over again
Dmaj7
Oh, lessons learned are like bridges burned
Amaj7 F#m7
You only need to cross them but once
Dmaj7 E A
Is the knowledge gained worth the price of the pain?
D A E
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?
D A E
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?
| F#m7 | F#m7 | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | F#m7 | F#m7 | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| D | D | Amaj7 | F#m7 | D | D | D A | E | D A | E |
| D A | E | D A | E |
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist,
I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not
tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)