The Hard Way Everytime Chords
by Jim Croce
The Hard Way Everytime by Jim Croce is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am, Em and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C F G (2x)
C Am Em F
Yeah, I've had my share of broken dreams
Am G F C
And more than a couple of fa-a-alls
C Am Em F
And in chasing what I thought were moonbeams
Am G F C
I have run into a couple of walls
Am G
But in looking back at the places I've been
Dm Em F
The changes that I've left behind
Dm F
I just look at myself to find
G Am G
I've learned the hard way every time
C Am Em F
'Cause I've had my share of good intentions
Am G F C
And I've made my share of mista-a-akes
C Am Em F
And I've learned at times it's best to bend
Am G F C
'Cause if you don't, well those are the brea-a-aks
Am G
Should have listened to all the things I was told
Dm Em F
But I was young and too proud at the time
Dm F
Now I look at myself to find
G Am G
I learned the hard way every time
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