Hard Lessons To Learn

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 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. 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 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. 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 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. 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 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.