The Hard Way chords by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[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.]

G  Am  F  G    G  Am  F  G    C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F
[intro: electric guitar(s)]  [whole band]

C  C             C/E   F     C   C             C/E     F
   Show ..
C      C                     C/E      F          C     C      C/E   F
   And ..
C      C                 C/E       F             C      C      C/E   F
   And ..
C      C             C/E   F    C           C   C/E   F
   And ..

G                G         G#dim    G#dim    Am           Am/G  D7/F#  D7/F#
  Our ..
             F           C5         C5           C5
You ..
F              C5                   C5          C5
Listen ..
G             Am       F       G       C  C  C/E  F
Everything ..

Show ..
And ..
And ..
You ..

Some ..
That ..
Listen ..
G             Am       F       G       C  C  C  C
Everything ..

Em7          Em7    F         F    C                C        G    Gsus-G
   Caught ..
Em7             Em7      Am7     Am7/G      F(9)       F(9)    Gsus      G
   I ..

C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F
[instrumental]

So ..
Show ..

We've ..
And ..
Listen .
G             Am       F       G    G             Am       F       G
Everything ..
G             Am       F       G    C   C   C/E   F
Everything ..
C     C             C/E         F                C     C   C/E   F
       (because ..
C  C  C/E  F
[instrumental; repeat and fade]



INTRO TAB:
[The high notes are played by one electric guitar, the low notes by another;
no capo on the electrics.]

  A       Bm       G        A       A       Bm       G       A
E ----0-------0---|----0--------0--|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
B --2---2---3---3-|--3---3----2--2-|--2---2---3---3-|--3---3---2---2-|
G 2-------4-------|0--------2------|2-------4-------|0-------2-------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|--------------5-|7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
E ----------------|--------------3-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-3-|3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
                                 *  *     * *     *    *   * *       (accents)
  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   (timing)



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com