Lirik dan Chord Lagu Growing Up the Hard Way - Foreigner

Lagu tersebut muncul sebagai trek keempat dalam album studio kelima mereka yang bertajuk Agent Provocateur.

Album yang dirilis pada 1984 melalui Atlantic Records tersebut berhasil menduduki posisi pertama di UK Albums Chart saat debut perilisannya.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Growing Up the Hard Way” dari Foreigner:

[Intro]
|G |F#m |D |Em | (2x)

[Verse 1]
G                                                 F#m
He's got nothing to say, he's got no excuse
               D                                                   Em
He's just made that way, and he's going to stay that way
           G                                                                 F#m
Like a dog on the loose in a firework display in a world of his own
                   D                                        Em
No, no, no, he won't back down or go running back home

[Chorus]
Dsus4                              D
He's come a long way in life
                                    Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
                       G         C#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
         F#5             E5   F#5        C#5 B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5            E5   F#5     C#5    B5
In and out of trouble every day
F#5              E5    F#5       C#5 B5
Growing up the hard way
              F#5        E5    F#5                C#5 B5
Now no telling where you'll end up, boy

[Instrumental]
|G |F#m |D |Em |

[Verse 2]
G                                                          F#m
And he's got nothing to say, like he's lost for the worlds, his mind is in a daze
D                                      Em
That's his way, it's just a little game he plays
G                                                    F#m
He's got nowhere to run while the city sleeps he wanders alone
D                                                    Em
Cutting through the steel and the hearts of stone

[Ulangi Chorus]

[Solo]
|G |F#m |D |Em |

[Verse 3]
Dsus4                              D
He's come a long way in life
                                    Dsus4
He's got a long way to go
                        G       C#m
He don't even know, he don't care because
         F#5             E5   F#5        C#5 B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5            E5   F#5     C#5    B5
In and out of trouble every day
         F#5             E5   F#5       C#5 B5
He's growing up the hard way
F#5   E5    F#5                                C#5 B5
Yeah, and he's going to stay that way
                       F#5             E5    F#5       C#5 B5
You see, he's growing up the hard way
F#5          E5                 F#5                           C#5 B5
Walk the straight and narrow yeah, maybe someday
                     F#5 E5 F#5         C#5 B5
But still he's growing up the hard way
F#5          E5 F#5                    C#5 B5
It's just the way he's grown up
           F#5             E5    F#5       C#5 B5 F#5 E5 F#5
Yeah, growing up the hard way
                        C#5         B5
There ain't no other way
F#5               E5   F#5         C#5 B5
Growing up the hard way