Hard Times For An Honest Man chords by John Mellencamp

Chords with lyrics

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     Hard Times For An Honest Man-John Mellencamp
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Tuning:EADGBE

Capo II

Intro

Violin (everything relative to the capo)

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Verse:
  D MajorD G+G D MajorD     G+G
One man does his work
  D MajorD    G+G       D MajorD  G+G
Hes not satisfied not at all
  D MajorD G+G       D MajorD     G+G
Feels like that hes being used
  D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD   G+G
His self respect starts to fall
  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD         G+G
His frustration runs very very high
  D MajorD         G+G    D MajorD   G+G
He takes it out on the ones he loves
    D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD
Because its safe (It's safe) and who they gonna tell?
    G+G       A augmentedA           D MajorD
And he hates that cold bloodedness that runs inside

Chorus:
D MajorD
Oh yes
     G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Its hard times (hard times), for an honest man (honest man)
G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD
Very very very hard times
   G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Hard times (hard times), for an honest man (honest man)
G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD
Very very very hard times

[Intro]

Verse:
D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD                  G+G
Sister (Sister),shes got a lot of pride (lotta pride)
  D MajorD    G+G      D MajorD       G+G
You can see it when she walks into the room
  D MajorD        G+G     D MajorD      G+G
But shes young (She's young)and shes unaware
  D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD G+G
What a brutal world can do to you
  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD         G+G
So she loves a man, who lies like a dog
D MajorD    G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Tears her little world all apart
  D MajorD   G+G          D MajorD    G+G  D MajorD
So the walls go up for the rest of her days
    G+G        A augmentedA       D MajorD
And there ain't no man can touch this girls heart


Chorus:
D MajorD
Oh yes
     G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Its hard times (hard times), for an honest man (honest man)
G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD
Very very very hard times
   G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Hard times (hard times), for an honest man (honest man)
G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD
Very very very hard times


Verse w/Intro

    D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD      G+G
So we walk from the front porch to the back yard
    D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD    G+G
Just to laugh and say hello and say goodbye
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD       G+G   D MajorD
But some days are hard, like a soldiers steel-toed boots
    G+G        A augmentedA         D MajorD
And the rent we pay to stay here gets higher


Chorus:
D MajorD
Oh yes
     G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Its hard times (hard times), for an honest man (honest man)
G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD
Very very very hard times
   G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Hard times (hard times), for an honest man (honest man)
G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD
Very very very hard times

Intro 'til fade...


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