Harder To Blame chords by Early James

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Em

Intro:


e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2--0--2-2-2-2-2--0--2-2-2-2-2--0--2-2-2---|
A|--2-2-2---2--0--2-2-2---2--0--2-2-2---2--0--2-2-2---|
E|--0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0---|

e|-------------------|
B|-0h3p0-------------|
G|--------3h4p3------|
D|--------------4~---|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Break:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------0h3p0--------------------|
G|----------3b~-----------3b~-----------------------------3h4p3--------------|
D|----2-0-2---------2-0-2--------2-0-2-5~----2-0-2--------------4~-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------3-3----------------------|
G|----------3b~-----------3b~---------------------------3~-------------------|
D|----2-0-2---------2-0-2--------2-0-2--5~---2-0-2---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------|

[Additional details]

During the second part of the Chorus:, Early James adds a sting after the chords like this:

e|-------------------------7b~--|
B|--1---------0------------8b~--|
G|--0---------2--------0--------|
D|--2---------1--------2--------|
A|--3---------2--------2--------|
E|---------------------0--------|
  "Into the wind, I spit  "


During Verse 2:, Early James plays this with some slight variations:

e|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12b~--|
B|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--13b~--|
G|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--14b~--|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Intro:

Em   D
Em   D

Verse 1:
Em                                          Am
Holding on to used-to-be's, yesterday's bad habits
Em                                          Am
Your magic was a mystery, pulling hats from rabbits
Em                                          Am
A ten ton bag of tricks no lighter than a feather
Em                                           Am
Still stinging like a bee, the things that I remember

Chorus:
Am                  C
I pick 'em all like cherry bombs
G                    Am
Sweetness I can't refuse
Am             B7
Cavities in my wisdom teeth
Em                     A
Fruit hangs low as the dew in the mornin'

C        B7     Em
Into the wind I spit
C        B7        Em
And I'll call it a chance of rain
C         B7      Em
Well, the older I get
C   B7         Em
The harder you are to blame
    C  B7  D   D#    Em
The harder you are to blame

Break:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------0h3p0--------------------|
G|----------3b~-----------3b~-----------------------------3h4p3--------------|
D|----2-0-2---------2-0-2--------2-0-2-5~----2-0-2--------------4~-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------3-3----------------------|
G|----------3b~-----------3b~---------------------------3~-------------------|
D|----2-0-2---------2-0-2--------2-0-2--5~---2-0-2---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------|

Verse 2:
Em                                           Am
I'm letting go of love-me-nots, tale ends so tragic
Em                                         Am
Guilt with a timе release, pеrhaps a form traumatic
Em                         Am
Molded by a memory forever rendered
Em                                Am
Letters written lazily, return to sender

Chorus:
Am                  C
I pick 'em all like cherry bombs
G                 Am
Sweetness I can't refuse
Am             B7
Cavities in my wisdom teeth
Em                     A
Fruit hangs low as the dew in the mornin'

C        B7      Em
Into the wind I spit
C        B7        Em
And I'll call it a chance of rain
C        B7       Em
Well, the older I get
    C          B7     Em
The harder you are to blame
    C          B7     Em
The harder you are to blame
    C   B7  D   D#     Em
The har-der you are to blame

Break:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------0h3p0--------------------|
G|----------3b~-----------3b~-----------------------------3h4p3--------------|
D|----2-0-2---------2-0-2--------2-0-2-5~----2-0-2--------------4~-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------3-3----------------------|
G|----------3b~-----------3b~---------------------------3~-------------------|
D|----2-0-2---------2-0-2--------2-0-2--5~---2-0-2---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------|


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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| b   Bend
| ~   Vibrato

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