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- THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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- [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.]
-
- G Am F G G Am F G C C C/E F C C C/E F
- [intro: electric guitar(s)] [whole band]
-
- 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
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- 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
-
- Show a little passion, baby, show a little style
- And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how
- And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path
- You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
-
- Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith
- That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
- 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
-
- Em7 Em7 F F C C G Gsus-G
- Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over
- Em7 Em7 Am7 Am7/G F(9) F(9) Gsus G
- I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover
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- C C C/E F C C C/E F C C C/E F C C C/E F
- [instrumental]
-
- So show a little inspiration, show a little spark
- Show the world a little light when you show it your heart
-
- We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make
- And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
- Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
- 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...
- C C C/E F
- [instrumental; repeat and fade]
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-
- INTRO TAB:
- [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)
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- - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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