Jethro Tull – Living In These Hard Times (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

bonus track from “Heavy Horses” (1978) [Intro] B A B A B x2 [Verse 1]
    B                        A            B
The bomb's in the china, the fat's in the fire

           A                  B
There's no turkey left on the table

       B                     A           B
The commuter's return on the six o'clock flyer

          A                   F#
Brings no bale of hay for the stable

          G                     Cadd9/F        G
Well, the light, it is failing along the green belt

      Cadd9/F              G
As we follow the hard road signs

G                    Cadd9/F  G
Semi-detached in our suburban-ness

Cadd9/F                    G
We're living in these hard times
[Instrumental 1] A G A G D x2 [Chorus 1]
         D            A            G            A
Well the fly's in the milk and the cat's in the stew

        D          A     E
Another bun in the oven, oh, what to do?

      D               A    G          A
We'll laugh and we'll sing and try to bring

  D               A            E      D
A pound from your pocket, good day to you

          G    Cadd9/F
Oh, these hard times
[Instrumental 2] B A B A B [Verse 2]
    B           A          B
The politicians sat on the wall

    A                     B
And traded with the union game

        B                     A   B
Someone slapped a writ on our deficit

      A                 F#
Not a penny left to our name

        G                      Cadd9/F     G
Oh, the times are hard and the credits are lean

         Cadd9/F               G
And they toss and they turn in sleep

        G                     Cadd9/F   G
And the line they take is the line they make

         Cadd9/F           G
But it's not the line they keep
[Instrumental 3] A G A G D x2 [Chorus 2]
         D            A            G            A
Well the fly's in the milk and the cat's in the stew

        D          A     E
Another bun in the oven, oh, what to do?

      D               A    G          A
We'll laugh and we'll sing and try to bring

  D               A            E      D
A pound from your pocket, good day to you

          G    Cadd9/F
Oh, these hard times
[Instrumental 4] B A B A B [Verse 3]
    B               A           B
The cow jumped over yesterday's moon

        A                      B
And the lock ran away with the key

    B                          A             B
You know what you like and you like what you know

    A                   F#
But there is no jam for tea

          G                     Cadd9/F        G
Well, the light, it is failing along the green belt

      Cadd9/F              G
As we follow the hard road signs

G                    Cadd9/F  G
Semi-detached in our suburban-ness

Cadd9/F                    G
We're living in these hard times
[Instrumental 5] A G A G D x2 [Chorus 3]
         D            A            G            A
Well the fly's in the milk and the cat's in the stew

        D          A     E
Another bun in the oven, oh, what to do?

      D               A    G          A
We'll laugh and we'll sing and try to bring

  D               A            E      D
A pound from your pocket, good day to you

          G    Cadd9/F
Oh, these hard times

Cadd9/F         F          D
We're living in these hard times