The Hard Way

THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
E|--------------------------------

E|----| 

(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    
E|-----0-------0---|----0--------
B|---2---2---3---3-|--3---3----2-
G|-2-------4-------| 0--------2--
D|-----------------|-------------
A|-----------------|-------------
E|-----------------|-------------
     A       Bm       G       
E|0--|----0-------0---|----0-------0
B|-2-|--2---2---3---3-|--3---3---2--
G|----|2-------4-------|0-------2---
D|---|----------------|-------------
A|-5-| 7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-|5-5-5-5-7-7-
E|-3-| 5-5-5-5-7-7-7-3-|3-3-3-3-5-5-

---|  
-2-|  
----| 
---|  
7-7-| 
5-5-| 

                                  * 
 *     * *     *    *   * *       
(accents)
   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   
(timing)

[Intro]

G  Am  F  G    G  Am  F  G   
(electric guitar(s))  (whole 
 C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F
band)


[Chorus 1]

C  C             C/E   F     C 
   Show a little inspiration,  
  C             C/E     F
  show a little spark
C      C                     C/E
   And show that things that 
      F          C     C      
drew me to you and stole my 
C/E   F
heart
C      C                 C/E     
   And tell me something I don't 
  F             C      C      
know instead of everything I 
C/E   F
do
C      C             C/E   
   And look at me as if I mean 
F    C           C   C/E   F
something to you


[Verse 1]

G                G         G#dim
  Our hearts are beating while 
    G#dim    Am           Am/G  
we sleep, but while we're wide 
D7/F#  D7/F#
awake
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             F           C5       
You know the world won't stop, and
  C5           C5
 actions speak louder
F              C5                
Listen to your heart, and what 
   C5          C5
your heart might say
G             Am       F       
Everything we got, we got the 
G       C  C  C/E  F
hard way


[Chorus 2]

C  C             C/E   F     C 
 Show a little passion, baby,  
  C             C/E     F
  show a little style
C      C                     C/E
 And show the knack for knowing 
      F          C     C      
when and the gift for knowing 
C/E   F
how
C      C                 C/E     
 And have a little trust in us 
  F             C      C      
when fear obscures the path
C/E   F

C      C             C/E   F    
 You know we got this far, 
C           C          C/E   F
darling, not by luck, but by never 
turning back


[Verse 2]

G                G         G#dim
Some will call on destiny, but I
    G#dim    Am           Am/G  
 just call on faith
D7/F#  D7/F#

             F           C5  
That the world won't stop, and 
       C5           C5
actions speak louder
F              C5                
Listen to your heart, to what 
   C5          C5
your heart might say
G             Am       F       
Everything we got, we got the 
G       C  C  C  C
hard way


[Bridge]

Em7          Em7    F         F 
   Caught up in our little 
   C                C        G
lives,    there's not a lot left 
    Gsus4 G
over
Em7             Em7      Am7
   I see what's missing in your 
     Am7/G      F(9)       
eyes; you're searching for that 
F(9)    Gsus4     G
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 
  So show a little inspiration,
  C             C/E     F
    show a little spark
C      C                     C/E
  Show the world a little light 
      F          C     C      
when you show it your heart
C/E   F

G                G         G#dim
We've got two lives, one we're 
    G#dim    Am           D
given and the other one we make
             F           C5    
   And the world won't stop, and 
     C5           C5
actions speak louder
G             Am       F       
  Listen to your heart, and 
G       C  C  C  C
your heart might say


[Other]

G             Am       F       
Everything we got, we got the 
G    G             Am       F  
hard (everything we got, we got
     G
 the hard way)
G             Am       F       
Everything we got, we got the 
G    C   C   C/E   F
hard way
C     C             C/E         
       (because the world won't 
F                C     C   C/E   F
stop)  hang on, baby...


[Instrumental]

C  C  C/E  F  C  C  C/E  F
                            fade.