Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Hard Way (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
Chords
THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
------------------------------------
(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.)
[Intro]
(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)
[Intro]
G Am F G G Am F G C C C/E F C C C/E F (electric guitar(s)) (whole band)
[Chorus 1]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus 2]
C C C/E F C C C/E F Show a little passion, baby, show a little style C C C/E F C C C/E F And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how C C C/E F C C C/E F And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path C C C/E F C C C/E F You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
[Verse 2]
G G G#dim G#dim Am Am/G D7/F# D7/F# Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith F C5 C5 C5 That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder F C5 C5 C5 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
[Bridge]
Em7 Em7 F F C C G Gsus4 G Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over Em7 Em7 Am7 Am7/G F(9) F(9) Gsus4 G I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
C C C/E F C C C/E F
[Chorus 3]
C C C/E F C C C/E F So show a little inspiration, show a little spark C C C/E F C C C/E F Show the world a little light when you show it your heart G G G#dim G#dim Am D We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make F C5 C5 C5 And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder G Am F G C C C C Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
[Outro]
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...
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F fade.
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]