The Harder They Come Tab by Jimmy Cliff

The Harder They Come tab by Jimmy Cliff

Guitar Tab

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-------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|

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                   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

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