The Harder They Come tab by Jimmy Cliff

THE HARDER THEY COME

As recorded by Jimmy Cliff
(From the 1972 Album THE HARDER THEY COME)

Words and Music by Jimmy Cliff

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar 2'


       Intro & Interlude
 Q=100(16=s16)
      $
       C  G     F  G     C  G
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
 W      Q.  E +H    Q.  E +H    Q.  E +H
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||-5----3-(3)----|-1----3-(3)----|-5----3-(3)----|
|----------||-5----4-(4)----|-2----4-(4)----|-5----4-(4)----|
|----------||-5----5-(5)----|-3----5-(5)----|-5----5-(5)----|
|----------||-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|

          1st - 3rd Verses
 F  Fadd9    G
          PM------------------------------------------------------|
 Q.  E +H     S S E S S E S S S S S S S S  S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|------3-(3)----||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-1----1-(1)----||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2----2-(2)----||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3----3-(3)----||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3--|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W         E  E E  E E  S S E  E   E  E E  E  E  S S E  E
|---------------||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||o-----3-----3-----3-3-----3---|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3--|
|---------------||------4-----4-----4-4-----4---|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4--|
|---------------||------5-----5-----5-5-----5---|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5--|
|---------------||o-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------||------------------------------|------------------------------|


 F
 PM---------------------------
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| E  E E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------|
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


                G
 ---------------------------------------------------------|
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E  S S E S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| E  E E  E  E  S S E  E  E  E E  E E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|-----3-----3-----3-3-----3---|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|-----4-----4-----4-4-----4---|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|-----5-----5-----5-5-----5---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


                F
 PM---------------------------------------------------------
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E  S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|
| E  E E  E  E  S S E  E  E  E E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|
|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5-|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


 ---------------------------|
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|
| E  E E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------||
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-||
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-||
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||


 Chorus
 E
 PM-------------------------------------------------------
 S S E S S E S S S S S S E  S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E  E E  E E  S S E  E  E  E E  E  E  S S E  E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----0-----0-----0-0-----0-|-----0-----0-------0-0-----0-|
|-----1-----1-----1-1-----1-|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|
|-----2-----2-----2-2-----2-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|-----2-----2-----2-2-----2-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|


 Am
 -------------------------------|
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----1-------1-------1-1-----1-----|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2-----|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


 PM-------------------------------
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|---------------------------------|
|-----1-------1-------1-1-----1---|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2---|
|-----2-------2-------2-2-----2---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


 G               F
 ---------------------------------------------------------|
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E  S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|------------------------------|
|
| E  E E  E  E  S S E  E  E  E E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3-|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1--|
|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4-|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2--|
|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5-|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


 C
 PM-------------------------------
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|---------------------------------|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---|
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3---|
|---------------------------------|


                  G
 -------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-3-|  |-3-|
 S S S E S S S E S S S S S S S S  S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3---|
|
| E   E E   E E  S S E  E   E  E E  E  E  S S E  E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------5-------5-----5-5-----5---|-----3-----3-------3-3-----3---|
|-------5-------5-----5-5-----5---|-----4-----4-------4-4-----4---|
|-------5-------5-----5-5-----5---|-----5-----5-------5-5-----5---|
|-------3-------3-----3-3-----3---|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


                             To Coda
 F               C
 PM------------------------------------------|  PM--------------
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E  E E  E  E  S S E  E  E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----1-----1-------1-1-----1-|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----|
|-----2-----2-------2-2-----2-|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----|
|-----------------------------|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|


 1.
 ---------------|  PM----------|
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3--o||
|-----------------------------------||
|
| E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------------||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----o||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----||
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3----o||
|-----------------------------------||


 2.
           D.S. al Coda &
 PM------------|  PM---------------
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3--||
|----------------------------------||
|
| E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|----------------------------------||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----||
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5----||
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3----||
|----------------------------------||


                  Outro
 C                 G
 ---------------|  PM-----------------------------------------|
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3--|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E   E  E E  E  S S S S E  E
|-----------------5---------------||------------------------------|
|-----5-------5---------5---------||-----3-----3---3-3-3-5-3---5--|
|-----5-------5---------------5---||-----4-----4---4-4-4-4-4---4--|
|-----5-------5-------------------||-----5-----5------------------|
|-----3-------3-------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------------------|


 F               C
 PM------------------------------------------|  PM-------------
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E  E E  E  S S S S E  E  E  E  E  E  E.   S E  E
|-----------------------------|------------------------5---------|
|-----1-----1---1-1-1-3-1-----|-----5-------5----------------5---|
|-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2---2-|-----5-------5----------------5---|
|-----3-----3-----------------|-----5-------5----------------5---|
|-----------------------------|-----3-------3--------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|


 ---------------|  PM----------|
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3---|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----|
|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5-----|
|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3-----|
|-----------------------------------|


 G               F
 PM------------------------------------------------------|
 S S E S S S S S S S S S S E  S S E S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-----------------------------|
|
| E  E E  E  S S S S E  E  E  E E  E  S S S S E  E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----3-----3---3-3-3-5-3---5-|-----1-----1---1-1-1-3-1-----|
|-----4-----4---4-4-4-4-4---4-|-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-2---2-|
|-----5-----5-----------------|-----3-----3-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


 C
 PM------------|  PM----------------------------|  PM----------|
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3---3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|
| E  E  E  E  E.   S E  E   E  E  E  E  E  S S E  E
|------------------------5---------|---------------------------------*|
|-----5-------5----------------5---|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---*|
|-----5-------5----------------5---|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---*|
|-----5-------5----------------5---|-----5-------5-------5-5-----5---*|
|-----3-------3--------------------|-----3-------3-------3-3-----3---*|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths