Ramblin Ray Maternick - Hard Lessons To Learn

      “Hard Lessons to Learn” by: Ramblin Ray Maternick  
youtube: https://youtu.be/Kll4AM0ri0M


[Verse 1]
D            F         G           D
I know I was tough and hard on you son
F               C        G           D
I didn’t mean no harm in what I had done
D                F               G           D
I didn’t want to lose you to the bad side of town
F               C             G          D
I just tried to keep you from fallin far down

[Chorus]
     F          C         D           
Hard lessons to learn for one and for all
    F               C            D
The things that are done to make sure they don't fall
     F             C                      Dm7          G
They come back and haunt you when they're grown up and gone
   F           C               F           D
No matter what happens I still love you my son.

[Verse 2]
D            F           G           D
I never gave up when you were behind bars
F                C          G        D
I still saw your name among heavenly stars
D                F            G            D
I hope you still love me thou I caused you pain
F                  C                G         D
I will always have hope you’ll come back home again

[Chorus]
     F          C         D           
Hard lessons to learn for one and for all
    F               C            D
The things that are done to make sure they don't fall
     F             C                      Dm7          G
They come back and haunt you when they're grown up and gone
   F           C               F           D
No matter what happens I still love you my son.

[Verse 3]
D             F              G       D
I brought you back when you wandered astray
F                     C         G           D
I probably could have done it a much better way
D                F             G               D
When torrent of headwinds push towards heaven’s brink
F                 C             G                  D
It takes more than kind words to make a hard winds sink

[Chorus]
     F          C         D           
Hard lessons to learn for one and for all
    F               C            D
The things that are done to make sure they don't fall
     F             C                      Dm7          G
They come back and haunt you when they're grown up and gone
   F           C               F           D
No matter what happens I still love you my son.

[Verse 4]
D            F             G              D
I  hope you remember I was there when you called
F      C                G        D
Day or night it didn’t matter at all
D                F           G            D
The bells that I rung seemed right at the time
F            C           G              D
But heartfelt intentions become distant chimes

[Chorus]
     F          C         D           
Hard lessons to learn for one and for all
    F               C            D
The things that are done to make sure they don't fall
     F             C                      Dm7          G
They come back and haunt you when they're grown up and gone
   F           C               F           D
No matter what happens I still love you my son.