Chord/Tab song: The Hard Way

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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][in[Am]tro:[F] el[G]ectri[G]c g[Am]uita[F]r(s[G]] [[C]who[C]le [C/E]band][F] [C] [C] [C/E] [F]
[C] [C]Show a little [C/E]inspir[F]ation,[C] [C]show a little [C/E]spark [F]
[C] And [C]show that things that [C/E]drew me t[F]o you and s[C]tole m[C]y heart[C/E] [F]
[C] And [C]tell me something [C/E]I don't kn[F]ow instead of [C]everyth[C]ing I d[C/E]o [F]
[C] And [C]look at me as [C/E]if I m[F]ean s[C]omething to [C]you [C/E] [F]
[G] Our hearts are [G]beating wh[G#dim]ile we sl[G#dim]eep, but [Am]while we're w[Am/G]ide aw[D7/F#]ake [D7/F#]
You know the [F]world won't [C5]stop, and a[C5]ctions speak [C5]louder
[F]Listen to your [C5]heart, and what your [C5]heart might [C5]say
[G]Everything we [Am]got, we g[F]ot the h[G]ard way [C] [C] [C/E] [F]
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]Everything we [Am]got, we g[F]ot the h[G]ard way [C] [C] [C] [C]
[Em7] Caught up [Em7]in our [F]little liv[F]es, [C] there's not a l[C]ot left o[G]ver [Gsus-G]
[Em7] I see what's [Em7]missing i[Am7]n your e[Am7/G]yes; you're[F(9] searching [F(9]for that[Gsus] field of [G]clover
[C][in[C]str[C/E]ument[F]al] [C] [C] [C/E] [F] [C] [C] [C/E] [F] [C] [C] [C/E] [F]
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]Everything we [Am]got, we g[F]ot the h[G]ard ([G]everything we [Am]got, we g[F]ot the h[G]ard way)
[G]Everything we [Am]got, we g[F]ot the h[G]ard w[C]ay [C] [C/E] [F]
[C] [C] (because the [C/E]world won't [F]stop) hang on, b[C]aby...[C] [C/E] [F]
[C][in[C]str[C/E]ument[F]al; repeat and fade]
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-|

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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com