C    Am    Em  Em  Dm    G  

[Verse 1]
C                    Am
Be not too hard for life is short
Dm                      G
And nothing is given to man
C                           Am
Be not too hard when he is sold or bought
Dm                             G
For he must manage as best he can
C                         Am
Be not too hard when he blindly dies
F                               G
Fighting for things he does not own
C                     Am
Be not too hard when he tells lies
Dm                                   G
Or if his heart is sometimes like a stone
             Am                 Em
Be not too hard for soon he'll die
F                        G
Often no wiser than he began
C                    Am
Be not too hard for life is short
     Dm         G        C
And nothing is given to man


[Verse 2]  
(same as Verse 1 but spoken till line 48)
C                    Am
Be not too hard for life is short
Dm                      G
And nothing is given to man
C                           Am
Be not too hard when he is sold or bought
Dm                             G
For he must manage as best he can
C                         Am
Be not too hard when he blindly dies
F                               G
Fighting for things he does not own
C                     Am
Be not too hard when he tells lies
Dm                                   G
Or if his heart is sometimes like a stone
(start singing again)
             Am                 Em
Be not too hard for soon he'll die
F                        G
Often no wiser than he began
C                    Am
Be not too hard for life is short
     Dm         G        C
And nothing is given to man


[Outro]
     Dm         G7       C
And nothing is given to man