This Hard Land chords by Bruce Springsteen

• Capo on 3rd

Key: F

Difficulty: Novice

Tuning is EADGBD (sorta like Drop D but you tune the high E down to D instead of the low E).
Capo on the 3rd fret.

This is how he plays it live solo acoustic, my favorite performance being the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BDBWv3RYRY

D - xx0230
G - 300230
A7 - x02030

Intro:

D G A7 D G (x2)

D G D

Verse 1:

D          G              A7
Hey there mister can you tell me what happened
        D              G   D
to the seeds I've sown
D                        G
Can you give me a reason sir
A7                        D
as to why they've never grown
              G                 D
They've just blown around from town to town
              A7                 D
Till they're back out on these fields
G                D
Where they fall from my hand
A7                     D              G   D   G   D
Back into the dirt of this hard land

Verse 2:

D               G
Now me and my sister
A7               D          G   D
from Germantown we did ride
D            G
We made our bed sir
A7                    D
from the rock on the mountainside
         G                   D
We been blowin' around from town to town
       A7                   D
Lookin for a place to stand
               G
Where the sun burst through the clouds
    D
to fall like a circle
        A7                     D              G   D
Like a circle of fire down on this hard land

Verse 3:

D             G                   A7
Now even the rain it don't come 'round
                D                  G   D
It don't come 'round here no more
D                      G
And the only sound at night's
A7                     D
the wind slammin' the back porch door
G                             D
It just stirs you up like it wants to blow you down
A7                            D
Twistin' and churnin' up the sand
         G                    D
Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down
A7                        D              G   D
Face down in the dirt of this hard land

Interlude:

D G A7 D G (x2)

G D A7 D G (x2)

G D G D

Verse 4:

D                              G
From a building up on the hill
              A7                      D              G   D
I can hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range"
D               G
I can see them Bar-M choppers
A7                       D
sweepin' low across the plains
     G                       D
It's me and you Frank we're lookin' for lost cattle
     A7                                  D
Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand
        G                       D
We're ridin' in the whirlwind searchin' for lost treasure
     A7                     D
Way down south of the Rio Grande
        G                             D
We're ridin' cross that river in the moonlight
    A7                D              G   D    G   D
Up onto the banks of this hard land

Verse 5:

D                   G
Hey Frank won't ya pack your bags
A7                           D            G   D
And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall
D         G
Just one kiss from you my brother
A7               D
and we'll ride until we fall
       G
We'll sleep in the fields,
       D
we'll sleep by the rivers
            A7                       D
And in the morning we'll make a plan
                    G
We'll if you can't make it
                 D
Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive
        A7
If you can
                           D             G   D   G   D
And meet me in a dream of this hard land

Outro:

D G A7 D G (x2)

G D A7 D G (x2)

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