Misc Musicals – Annie - Its The Hard Knock Life (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
G
(background sound)
[Verses]
                   G
It's a hard-knock life for us!

                   Bm      C
It's a hard-knock life for us!

                   Bm     C
'Stead of treated, we get tricked!

                  Bm     D
'Stead of kisses, we get kicked!

                  G
It's a hard-knock life!

G
(Background sound)

                 G
Got no folks to speak of, so,

                    Bm     C
It's the hard-knock row we hoe

                Bm       C
Cotton blankets, 'Steada wool

               Bm      D
Empty Bellies, 'Steada full!

                   G
It's a hard-knock life!

G
(Background sound)

         Cm
Don't it feel like the wind is always howlin?

         Bbm
Don't it seem like there's never any light?

         Abm
What's a day you don't wanna throw the towel in?

     E                        A
It's easier than putting up a fight.
A A
         Am
No one's there when your dreams at night are creepy!

       Gm
No one cares if you grow or if you shrink!

       Fm
No one dries when your eyes get wet and weepy

         Db                                      F#
From the crying you would think this place would sink!

F#aug
Ohhhh!!!!!!!

G
  Empty belly life!

Bm              C
  Rotten smelly life!

Bm                 C
  Full of sorrow life!

Bm            D
  No tomorrow life!

               G
Santa Claus we never see,

             Bm                 C
Santa Claus? What's that? Who's he?

                 Bm    C
No one cares for you a smidge

                  Bm   D
When you're in an orphanage

                    G
It's the hard knock life
G Am/G Bm/G C/G
D
You'll stay up 'til this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler Building.

G
Yank the whiskers from her chin

Bm                    C
Jab her with a safety Pin

Bm                      C
Make her drink a mickey finn.

Bm                    D
I love you Miss Hannigan.
Bb Dm Eb F F F N.C. Get to work! N.C. Strip them beds! N.C. Scrub that floor! N.C. Polish my shoes! G N.C. And I mean. N.C. Start. N.C. NOW! D D
                    G
It's the hard-knock life for us

                    Bm       C
It's the hard-knock life for us

                 Bm    C
No one cares for you a smidge

                  Bm       D
When you're in an orphanage

                    F#aug
It's The Hard Knock Life!

                    F#aug
It's the Hard Knock Life!

                    F#aug      G
IT'S THE HARD KNOCK LIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!!!