Dc Talk - The hardway

^GSome people gotta learn the hard^C2way I guess I'm t^Ghe kinda guy That has to find out fo^C2r myself ^GI had to learn the hardwa^C2y, Father ^GI'm on my knees and I^C2'm crying for ^Ghelp

^GNow I've been high and I've b^C2een low ^GI've been some places that you w^C2ill not go ^GI never thought there would co^C2me the day ^GWhen I wished I never would've^C2 lived this way ^EmBut I've been searching for a l^Dong, long time ^EmI thought the devil was a friend^D of mine ^EmI turned my back on everything t^Dhat was true ^EmAnd wasted years that belong to ^Dyou

^GSome people gotta learn the h^C2ardway I guess I'm t^Ghe kinda guy That has to find out fo^C2r myself ^GI had to learn the hardwa^C2y, Father ^GI'm on my knees and I^C2'm crying for hel^Emp

^GIt took so long for m^C2e to see ^GThat I'm a victim of^C2 nature and me ^GLeft to myself I re^C2alize ^GI am the maker of my^C2 own demise ^EmBut you accept me every time ^Dand again ^EmAnd never mention just how se^Dlfish I've been ^EmWhy must it always take me so l^Dong to see ^EmThat I have fallen but you will^D forgive me?

^GSome people gotta learn^C2 the hardway I guess I'^Gm the kinda guy That has to find ou^C2t for myself ^GI had to learn the hard^C2way, Father ^GI'm on my knees and^C2 I'm crying

^GSome people gotta learn th^C2e hardway I guess I'm^G the kinda guy That has to find ^C2out for myself ^GI had to learn the h^C2ardway, Father ^GI'm on my knees an^C2d I'm crying

^GThe warning signs are like flares in the night ^C2Still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire ^GI know that's bound to burn ^C2Why is it that I always gotta learn… ^C2

^GThe hardway,^C2 the hardway^G, I had to learn the^C2 hardway ^GThe hardway, ^C2the hardway^G, I had to learn th^C2e hardway