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.)