The Hard Way Every Time chords by Jerry Reed

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (A major) Yes,
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (A major) I've  (D major) had my share  (B minor) of broken dream (D major) s
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 (G major) And  (B minor) more than a  (A major) couple of fall  (G major) walls  (D major) 
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And in chasing what  (B minor) I  (F sharp minor) thought were moon
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 (G major) beams I have  (B minor) run into a  (A major) couple of wall (G major) s
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But  (D major) in  (B minor) looking back at
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the  (A major) places I've been
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The  (E minor) chances that  (F sharp minor) I've  left behind  (G major) 
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I  (F sharp minor) just  (E minor) look at myself to  (F sharp minor) find  (G major) I  (A major) learned
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the hard way every  (B minor) time  (A major) 
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Cause I've  (D major) had my share  (B minor) 
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of  (F sharp minor) good  intention (G major) s
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And I've  (B minor) made my  (A major) share of mistakes
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 (G major)  (D major) I've learned at times  (B minor) it's  (F sharp minor) best  to bend,
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 (G major) cause if you don't,  (B minor) well  (A major) those are the break (G major) s
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I  (D major) should have  (B minor) listened to the  (A major) things I was told,
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but I was  (E minor) young and too proud  (F sharp minor) at the time  (G major) 
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Now  (F sharp minor) I  (E minor) look at myself to (F sharp minor) night,
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 (G major) I've  (A major) learned the hard way every  (B minor) time  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (D major) And in  (B minor) looking back at the
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 (A major) lessons I've learned
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And  (E minor) the mountains I've  (F sharp minor) wanted  (G major) to climb
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I  (F sharp minor) just  (E minor) look at myself  (F sharp minor) to     (G major) find I've  (A major) 
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learned the hard way every  (B minor) time
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 (A major) Cause I've  (D major) had in the shell  (B minor) 
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of broken dream (F sharp minor) s
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 (G major) And  (B minor) more than a  (A major) couple
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of fallen  (G major) thoughts
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Well,  (D major) in chasing what  (B minor) I  (F sharp minor) thought were moon (G major) beams,
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I have  (B minor) run into a  (A major) couple of walls  (G major)  (D major) 
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But in  (B minor) looking back at the  (A major) places I've been,
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I  (E minor) would sure be the  (F sharp minor) first one to say  (G major) 
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When  (F sharp minor) I  (E minor) look at myself today,  (F sharp minor)  (G major) I  (A major) wouldn't have done
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it any  (B minor) other way  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (A major) 
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