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The Hard Way by Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Hard Way
Tuning: E A D G B E
(These are the chords for the acoustic (rhythm) guitar; capo at the 2nd
fret. The electric guitars play it in D with no capo. Frankly, either way
is pretty easy, but I wrote the chords down for the acoustic. The tab at
the end is for the electrics.)
(It sounds okay to play E7 instead of G#dim7.)
(I play C5 as x3x013 and G#dim7 as xx0101 or x20101.)
(Each chord is half a measure.)
[Intro]
(The high notes are played by one electric guitar, the low notes by another;
no capo on the electrics.)
A Bm G A A Bm G A
e|-----0-------0---|----0--------0--|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
B|---2---2---3---3-|--3---3----2--2-|--2---2---3---3-|--3---3---2---2-|
G|-2-------4-------|0--------2------|2-------4-------|0-------2-------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|--------------5-|7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|--------------3-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-3-|3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
* * * * * * * * (accents)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (timing)
[Intro]
G Am F G G Am F G C C C/E F C C C/E F
(electric guitar(s)) (whole band)
[Chorus 1]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show a little inspiration, show a little spark
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And tell me something I don''''t know instead of everything I do
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And look at me as if I mean something to you
[Verse 1]
G G G#dim G#dim Am Am/G D7/F# D7/F#
Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but while we''''re wide awake
F C5 C5 C5
You know the world won''''t stop, and actions speak louder
F C5 C5 C5
Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say
G Am F G C C C/E F
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Chorus 2]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show a little passion, baby, show a little style
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path
C C C/E F C C C/E F
You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
[Verse 2]
G G G#dim G#dim Am Am/G D7/F# D7/F#
Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith
F C5 C5 C5
That the world won''''t stop, and actions speak louder
F C5 C5 C5
Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say
G Am F G C C C C
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Bridge]
Em7 Em7 F F C C G Gsus4 G
Caught up in our little lives, there''''s not a lot left over
Em7 Em7 Am7 Am7/G F(9) F(9) Gsus4 G
I see what''''s missing in your eyes; you''''re searching for that field of clover
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
C C C/E F C C C/E F
[Chorus 3]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
So show a little inspiration, show a little spark
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show the world a little light when you show it your heart
G G G#dim G#dim Am D
We''''ve got two lives, one we''''re given and the other one we make
F C5 C5 C5
And the world won''''t stop, and actions speak louder
G Am F G C C C C
Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
[Outro]
G Am F G G Am F G
Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way)
G Am F G C C C/E F
Everything we got, we got the hard way
C C C/E F C C C/E F
(because the world won''''t stop) hang on, baby...
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
fade.
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Key: C
[Intro]
G F G Am F G C F C F C
[Verse 1]
F C F C
Show a little inspiration, show a little spark
F C F C
And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart
F C F C
And tell me something I don''''t know instead of everything I do
F C F
And look at me as if I mean something to you
G Am C
Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but while we''''re wide awake
F C
You know the world won''''t stop, and actions speak louder
F C
Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say
G Am F G C F C
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Verse 2]
F C F C
Show a little passion, baby, show a little style
F C F C
And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how
F C
And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path
F C F C F
You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
G C Am
Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith
F C
That the world won''''t stop, and actions speak louder
F C
Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say
G Am F C Em
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Bridge]
G F C G
Caught up in our little lives, there''''s not a lot left over
Em Am F G C
I see what''''s missing in your eyes; you''''re searching for that field of clover
[Solo]
F C F C F C F C
[Verse 3]
F C F C
So show a little inspiration, show a little spark
F C F
Show the world a little light when you show it your heart
G Am G
We''''ve got two lives, one we''''re given and the other one we make
F C
And the world won''''t stop, and actions speak louder
F C
Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
G Am F G Am F G
Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way)
Am F G C F C
Everything we got, we got the hard way
F C
(Because the world won''''t stop) hang on, baby
[End]
F C F C F C F C
F C F C F C F C
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