F  C  G  C
F  C  G  C

[Chorus]
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C   G         C
So hard, really so hard
F          C                G        C
When you're up, you're never far from down
F   C   G         C
So hard, really so hard
F      C              G        C
Sheriff boss him never comes around, oh
F   C                  G      C
Hard living when you're always broke
F      C               G      C
All you hear is man go look a work, oh
F   C                  G        C
Hard living when you're down and out
F      C               G      C
Leaking ship will never stay afloat, Lord

[Verse 1]
F                   Em
Dem a fight over the dungaree
F                   C
Looking something to eat, Lord
F                     Em
Backing up against the concrete wall
F                  G
Winner will take it all, whoa

[Chorus]
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C   G         C
So hard, really so hard
F     C                G         C
Fall asleep and you may lose your ground, oh
F   C   G         C
So hard, really so hard
F      C                  G         C
Gone to bed, you're always wearing a frown, oh

[Instrumental]
F  C  G  C
F  C  G  C
F  C  G  C
F  C  G  C

[Verse 2]
   F                    Em
Oh, bredda Kaiser cook a pot of food
F                C
Feeling the multitude, Lord
F                         Em
Come from near, most a dem come from far
F                  G
Survivors of ghetto wars, Lord

[Chorus]
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C   G         C
So hard, really so hard
F          C                G        C
When you're up, you're never far from down
F   C   G         C
So hard, really so hard
F      C              G        C
Sheriff boss him never comes around, oh

[Chorus]
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C           G      C
Hard living in a shanty town
F   C   G         C
So hard, really so hard...