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The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D A G A D A G
[Verse]
A
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
G
Waiting for me when I die
A
But between the day you're born and when you die
G
They never seem to hear even your cry
[Chorus]
F#
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
A G D
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
A G D
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse]
A
Well the officers are trying to keep me down
G
Trying to drive me underground
A
And they think that they have got the battle won
G
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
[Chorus]
F#
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
A G D
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
A G D
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Interlude]
ooh yeah oh yeah woh yeah ooooh
D A G A D A G D A G A D A G
[Verse]
A
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
G
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
A
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
G
Than living as a puppet or a slave
[Chorus]
F#
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
A G D
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
A G D
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse]
A G D
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
A G D A G D
What I say now, what I say now awww
What I say now, what I say one time
A G D
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
A G E
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
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version 2
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F#
[Verse 1]
G#
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
F#
Waiting for me when I die
G#
But between the day you're born and when you die
F#
They never seem to hear even your cry
[Chorus]
Fm
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bbm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)
Well the officers are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
[Chorus]
Fm
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bbm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Interlude]
C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F# C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F#
ooh yeah oh yeah woh yeah ooooh
[Verse 3]
(same as verse 1)
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
G# F# C# G# F#
What I say now, what I say now, awww
C#
What I say now, what I say one time
G# F# C#
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
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version 3
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C# G# F# G# C# G# F#
[Verse 1]
G#
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
F#
Waiting for me when I die
G#
But between the day you're born and when you die
F#
They never seem to hear even your cry
[Chorus]
F
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bbm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse 2]
G#
Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down
F#
Trying to drive me underground
G#
And they think that they have got the battle won
F#
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
[Chorus]
G#
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
F#
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
G#
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
F#
Than living as a puppet or a slave
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
What I say now, what I say now, awww
What I say now, what I say one time
G# F# C3
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
G3 F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
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version 4
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
G#
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
F#
Waiting for me when I die
G#
But between the day you're born and when you die
F#
They never seem to hear even your cry
F
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come, the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse 2]
G#
Well, the oppressors are trying to keep me down
F#
Trying to drive me underground
G#
And they think that they have got the battle won
F#
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
F
Cause as sure as the sun will shine
Bm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
Ooh, the harder they come, harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse 3]
G#
But I'll keep on fighting for the things I want
F#
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
G#
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
F#
Then living as a puppet or a slave
F
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bm
I'm gonna get my share right now of what's mine
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come, the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh, the harder they come, harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall, one and all
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version 5
Capo:no capo
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar 2'
Intro & Interlude
Q=100(16=s16)
$
C G F G C G
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
W Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||-5----3-(3)----|-1----3-(3)----|-5----3-(3)----|
|----------||-5----4-(4)----|-2----4-(4)----|-5----4-(4)----|
|----------||-5----5-(5)----|-3----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|
|----------||-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
F Fadd9 G
PM------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +H S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|------3-(3)----||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-1----1-(1)----||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2----2-(2)----||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3----3-(3)----||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3--|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E
|---------------||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||o-----3-----3-----3-3-----3---|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3--|
|---------------||------4-----4-----4-4-----4---|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4--|
|---------------||------5-----5-----5-5-----5---|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5--|
|---------------||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||------------------------------|------------------------------|
F
PM---------------------------
S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
G
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S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|-----3-----3-----3-3-----3---|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|-----4-----4-----4-4-----4---|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|-----5-----5-----5-5-----5---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
F
PM---------------------------------------------------------
S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|
|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5-|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|
| E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------||
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-||
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-||
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
Chorus
E
PM-------------------------------------------------------
S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----0-----0-----0-0-----0-|-----0-----0-------0-0-----0-|
|-----1-----1-----1-1-----1-|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|
|-----2-----2-----2-2-----2-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|-----2-----2-----2-2-----2-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
Am
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----1-------1-------1-1-----1-----|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2-----|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E
|---------------------------------|
|-----1-------1-------1-1-----1---|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2---|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
G F
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S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1--|
|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2--|
|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5-|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
C
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E
|---------------------------------|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---|
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3---|
|---------------------------------|
G
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|-3-| |-3-|
S S S E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3---|
|
| E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------5-------5-----5-5-----5---|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3---|
|-------5-------5-----5-5-----5---|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4---|
|-------5-------5-----5-5-----5---|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5---|
|-------3-------3-----3-3-----3---|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
To Coda
F C
PM------------------------------------------| PM--------------
S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----|
|-----------------------------|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3--o||
|-----------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------------||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----o||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----||
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3----o||
|-----------------------------------||
2.
D.S. al Coda &
PM------------| PM---------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3--||
|----------------------------------||
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| E E E E E S S E E
|----------------------------------||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----||
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3----||
|----------------------------------||
Outro
C G
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3--|
|
| E E E E E S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------5---------------||------------------------------|
|-----5-------5---------5---------||-----3-----3---3-3-3-5-3---5--|
|-----5-------5---------------5---||-----4-----4---4-4-4-4-4---4--|
|-----5-------5-------------------||-----5-----5------------------|
|-----3-------3-------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
F C
PM------------------------------------------| PM-------------
S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E. S E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------5---------|
|-----1-----1---1-1-1-3-1-----|-----5-------5----------------5---|
|-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2---2-|-----5-------5----------------5---|
|-----3-----3-----------------|-----5-------5----------------5---|
|-----------------------------|-----3-------3--------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
---------------| PM----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3---|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----|
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3-----|
|-----------------------------------|
G F
PM------------------------------------------------------|
S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----3-----3---3-3-3-5-3---5-|-----1-----1---1-1-1-3-1-----|
|-----4-----4---4-4-4-4-4---4-|-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2---2-|
|-----5-----5-----------------|-----3-----3-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C
PM------------| PM----------------------------| PM----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|
| E E E E E. S E E E E E E E S S E E
|------------------------5---------|---------------------------------*|
|-----5-------5----------------5---|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---*|
|-----5-------5----------------5---|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---*|
|-----5-------5----------------5---|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---*|
|-----3-------3--------------------|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3---*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
Well, they tell me of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry
So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Well, the oppressors are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
'Cause, as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now, what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come
Harder they fall, one and all
Hey, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Hey, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Hey, the harder they come
The harder they fall, one and all
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a -
acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it
represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.
Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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