Marillion – Be Hard On Yourself (Guitar)

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from “An Hour Before It’s Dark” (2022) [I. The Tear In The Big Picture] G F#m Em Bm Bm A Em Bm
Bm                          A
Big ball of rocks and water spinning round in space

Bm
Blue green and made of magic, miracles on miracles

       Bm                        A
On miracles with miracles inside

G                      Bm
Why would you kill it?

   Bm          A                 G          Bm
Be hard on yourself, you’ve been spoilt for years

   Bm          A      Em                                Bm
Be hard on yourself - you’ll be glad you did, you’ll be glad you did

Bm                            A
Something to pull the sheep across the field

G                      F#m
Bag of grass and straw

G                        F#m
How can it keep growing?

                Em       Bm
How can it keep growing?

   Bm          A                 G          Bm
Be hard on yourself, you’ve been spoilt for years

   G           F#m    Em                                Bm
Be hard on yourself - you’ll be glad you did, you’ll be glad you did

G                                     F#m
Run towards the things that scare ya, I dare ya

Em
There’s a tear in the big picture

Bm
Can’t burn it, got to fix it

Bm                              A
I heard you say life’s what you settle for

       G                 Bm
Nobody told you less can be more

G                    F#m
Strap in, get ready, foot down, push the button

Em                    Bm
Blow it all up and be hard on yourself

G                    F#m
Strap in, get ready, foot down, push the button

Em                    Bm
Blow it all up and be hard on yourself
G F#m Em Bm Bm A G Bm [II. Lust For Luxury] Bm A Em D A
Bm            A/C#  G           A       Bm    A/C#
Don’t talk to me of need, don’t talk to me of want

      D       F#m   G
Don’t talk to me of dreams

    Bm              G       A               Bm
The world has seen enough impatient bags of blood

      Bm            G             A            Bm          F    Bm F Bm
Don’t talk to me of speed - acceleration never did you any good

    F                          Bm
The monkey wants a new toy and that’s all that it knows

F                                            Bm
Something to pull the sheep across the field

F                          Bm
The only way forward is to fall over

F                                  Bm
Or you can learn to be hard on yourself

    F                                             Bm
The monkey wants a new toy and that’s all that it knows

    F                                             Bm
The monkey wants a new toy and that’s all that it knows

F
Cause of death: lust for luxury

                Bm
Cause of death: lust for luxury

Bm
Cause of death: consumption
[III. You Can Learn]
Bm              A    G               Bm
The only way forward is to fall over

G                   F#m
Or you can learn to be

Em                  Bm
Or you can learn to be

Bm   A    Em       F#m G F#m Em Bm
Hard   on yourself

Bm            A               Em     Bm
You can do better, you can do better

          Bm                   A    Em Bm
But do it now - we haven’t got long

               G    F#m        Em              Bm
We haven’t got long     to the end of the song

   Bm          A     Em          Bm
Be hard on yourself, hard on yourself

   G           F#m   Em          Bm
Be hard on yourself, hard on yourself

               Bm   G A Bm
We haven’t got long

G      A   Bm          G A Bm G A
To the end of the song

Bm        G   A      Bm         G        A
Strap in, get ready, foot down, push the button

Bm          G  A Bm      G      A Bm
Blow it all up,  blow it all up

G
Paint a picture, sing a song

D
Plant some flowers in the park

G
Get out and make it better

D
You’ve got an hour before it’s dark