The Hard Way Chords by The Kinks

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[E] Boys [D] like you were born [A] to raise, _ [E] you never listened [D] for what I [A] said. _ _
[E] And if you think you [D] hear the mess [A] around, you're making a big mistake.
[E] Cause you're gonna [D] find out the hard [A] way. _ _ _
[E] You're gonna [D] find out the [A] hard way. _ _ _
[E] No matter [D] what I do [A] or say, _ _
[E] you're my [D] suit on to where [A] you stay. _ _
[E] One day [D] life's gonna turn [A] around and slap you in the face.
[E] Cause you're gonna find [D] out the hard [A] way.
You think the hard [E] way, gonna [D] take the hard [A] way. _ _
[C#m] Well you [F#m] do it your [C#m] way and [F#m] I'll do it my [E] way.
See there's a world [A] to survive.
[C#m] I don't need [F#m] no foundation [C#m] or [F#m] qualification.
[E] There's no [D] way that you [A] can get by. _
[G] No [D] way you [E] can get by. _
_ _ _ _ Why don't [D] you take the easy [A] way?
_ _ _ [E] Why [D] don't you go out [A] there and
_ _ _ [E] Don't you [D] sit there and [A] _ _ vegetate.
[E] Do you wanna [D] end up a little [A] red?
Ramona!
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[A] _ _ You [C#m] think that life's [F#m] a vacation [C#m] and you've no [F#m] inclination.
[E] Just the way the [A] cobwebs have your mind.
[C#m] Now it's time for [F#m] competition, [C#m] but I'm tired of [F#m] being patient.
[E] So I've got [D] to be cruel [A] to be kind.
Yeah, [G] I've [D] got to be [E] cruel to be kind. _ _ _ _ _
I'm wasting [D] my vocation [A] teaching you the right thing.
[E] When you [D] only fit the [A] sweetest thing. _
[E] Your [D] intellect is such [A] a deposit. _ _
[E] So I'm gonna [D] play it [A] your way.
You think the [E] hard way, [D] gonna take the [A] hard way.
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_ _ [D] _ _ [A] [E] You think the hard way, [D] _ _ [A] gonna [E] take the hard way.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ Gonna take [E] the hard way.
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