Misc Unsigned Bands – David Wax Museum - Harder Before It Gets Easier (Guitar)

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Harder Before It Gets Easier - David Wax Museum Cool rhythm. It's in 6/8 time and generally goes something like: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 5 6 On the album the "baby is born in a mud hut"part is just percussion but can be played with the intro pattern Intro: C D G G D D G G x2
C            D       G       D              G
You've been sobbing so hard you can barely breathe 

C            D       G       D              G
You've been sobbing so hard you can barely breathe 

C            D       G                    D              G
You've been stitching your heart on the outside of your sleeve 

C            D       G                    D              G
You've been stitching your heart on the outside of your sleeve 

Em                 B             C            G
You've been wrung out and then doused with grief 

Em                 B        C              G
In the ocean of time this moment will be brief

         D
Will be brief

G  D  G         D7         G     D               G     D7
Oh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier 

G  D  G         D7         G     D                 G       D7
Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier 

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared

G              D7             G     D      G
Knock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare
Vamp: G
C       D   G            D            G
Muddled position of our hearts will shift 

C        D      G   D         G
Position of our hearts will shift 

C        D     G         D          G
Someday this burden of loving will lift 

      C     D   G   D         G
This burden of lo-ving will lift 

          Em                           B          C           G
And the difference between wrong and right will close like a fist 

     Em            B        C            G
But now judgments passed on us will be swift 

            D
Just like this

G  D  G         D7         G     D               G     D7
Oh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier 

G  D  G         D7         G     D                 G       D7
Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier 

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared

G              D7             G     D      G
Knock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare
Solo: C D G G D D G G x4 (percussion only) A baby is born in a mud hut A baby is born in a mud hut With a worm fastened to his gut With a worm fastened to his gut
     Em                B           C            G
Yes, most doors open briefly and then they are shut 

     Em         B         C               G
The circle of life is a wheel that gets stuck

      D
In a rut
(a capella) D7 Oh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier
G  D  G         D7         G     D                 G       D7
Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier 

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared

G              D7               G
Knock, knock, fate it does not care

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore

G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared

G              D7             G     D      G
Knock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare

G     D      G
Caaaaaaaaaare
(a capella) Caaaaaaaaaare