You Can Do This Hard Thing chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G  C  G  C  G  C  G  C
G  C  G  C  G  N.C.

Verse:
         C                  Am7        C       G/B
There at the table, with my head in my hands
            C                     Am7      C       Am7
A column of numbers, I just could not understand
           G/B         C       D7        Am7  G   C
You said, "Add these together, carry the two, now you"

Chorus:
                     G/B
You can do this hard thing
                  Em
You can do this hard thing
                 Am
It's not easy, I know
        G/B             C
But I believe that it's so
        D7          Am7    G  C    G
You can do this hard thing

Verse:
                 C                    Am7    C        G/B
At a cold winter station, breathing into our gloves
                        C                 Am7       C     Am7
This would change me forever, leaving for god knows what
    G/B        C     D7              Am7  G   C
You carried my bags, you said, “I'll wait for you"

Chorus:
                     G/B
You can do this hard thing
                  Em
You can do this hard thing
                 Am
It's not easy, I know
        G/B             C
But I believe that it's so
        D7          Am7    G  C    G
You can do this hard thing

Verse:
                C              Am7          C       G/B
Late at night I called and you answered the phone
                  C                       Am7     C        Am7
The worst, it had happened, and I did not want to be alone
    G/B     C         D7               Am7 G    C
You quietly listened, you said, "We'll see this through"

Chorus:
                     G/B
You can do this hard thing
                  Em
You can do this hard thing
                 Am
It's not easy, I know
        G/B             C
But I believe that it's so
        D7          Am7    G  C
You can do this hard thing

Instrumental:
G     Em
Am7  G/B  C  D7  Am7  G/B  C  D

Bridge:
Em            G              D               Am
Here we stand breathless and pressed in hard times
Em               G          D                Am
Hearts hung like laundry on backyard clothes lines
  Em       G            D           C        G
Impossible just takes a little more time

Verse:
               C              Am7        C      G/B
From the muddy ground comes a green volunteer
                      C           Am7    C       Am7
In a place we thought barren, new life appears
   G/B            C              D7         Am7  G   C
Morning will come whistling some comforting tune for you

Chorus:
                     G/B
You can do this hard thing
                  Em
You can do this hard thing
                 Am
It's not easy, I know
        G/B             C
But I believe that it's so
        D7          Am7  G/B  C  G  Am7  G/B  C
You can do this hard thing_____________________