Guns N’ Roses released “Hard Skool” song composed in the sesssions of the long-delayed album “Chinese Democracy” that began in 1997, but the record was only released in 2008.
In 2019 the song leaked online after the fan Rick Dunsford who bought a storage unit packed with unreleased recordings owned by the ex-A&R executive Tom Zutaut who signed Guns N’ Roses to Geffen Records. The band later bought the recordings back from Dunsford.
Now the tune was officially released by the group. They are currently on tour with three original members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan.
Hear the new Guns N’ Roses song “Hard Skool”:
Lyrics
All cautions made, every chance was given
No effort spared to save what we had
All in good faith I would not hesitate
To extend myself and lend you my hand
But you had to play it cool, had to do it your way
Had to be a fool, had to throw it all away
Too hard school and you thought you were here to stay
If that were true, it wouldn’t matter anyway
As tempers fade and lies forgiven
No cause embraced could break what we had
In its place a storm is liftin’
I would’ve thought you could be more of a man
But you had to play it cool, had to do it your way
Had to be a fool, had to throw it all away
Too hard school and you thought you were here to stay
If that were true, it wouldn’t matter anyway
But you had to play it cool, had to do it your way
Had to be a fool, had to throw it all away
Too hard school and you thought you were here to stay
If that were true, it wouldn’t matter anyway
Had to play it cool, had to do it your way
Had to be a fool, had to throw it all away
Too hard school and you thought you were here to stay
If that were true, it wouldn’t matter anyway
Had to play it cool, had to do it your way
Had to be a fool, had to throw it all away
Too hard school and you thought you were here to stay
If that were true, it wouldn’t matter anyway