The Hard Way chords – The Nashville Teens

 The Hard Way:The Nashville Teens.
#45 on UK Rock Charts on DECCA Records
in 1966.

INTRO:  D G  (x4)

#1.
 D G D G D 
Success don't come easy, so they say, cause 
 G D 
I got mine.
   G A 
I got it the hard way, the hard way.
 D G D G D G D 
When I was five, I had to fight to keep alive.
 Bm A                          
There was very little bread to eat..fifteen before 
   Bm      
I tasted meat.

#2.
 D G D G D 
Teacher said that I had inhibitions..I was just 
 G D G 
another case of malnutrition.
     A 
The hard way, ain't that the hard way?
 D G D G D G 
She let me live in the spare room, but when it 
 D G D Bb 
rained the rain came through, through.

#3.
   Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb 
A song in my heart, a hole in my britches..I struck 
 Ab Eb Ab 
out to find my riches.
        Bb 
Didn't have no place to scatter my loot..ain't no bucks 

in a birthday suit.
     Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb 
The hard way..ain't that the hard way?

#4.
 Bb 
Take your courage in your hands..stick to things you 

understand..that's the way that's best..you will make 
 Ab Bb 
success out of mess.

OUTRO:
 Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb 
Now, I drive a limousine..my shoes are keen, my suit's 
        Ab 
always clean.
     Bb 
The hard way..I made it the hard way.
               Eb Ab Eb Ab 
I made it the hard way..I made it the hard way.
   Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb 
I made it the hard way..I made it..(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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