{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":69869,"song":"Its A Hard Life","artist":"Nanci Griffith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11544766-its-a-hard-life-chords-by-nanci-griffith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/69869?type=chord","rating":4.65791,"votes":36,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\nIT'S A HARD LIFE WHEREVER YOU GO (Nanci Griffith)\r\n-------------------------------------------------\r\n*  Actually in C; capo 5.\r\n*  The whole song has pretty much the same chords, illustrated by the\r\nfollowing pattern (the strumming is just an example, taken from the intro).\r\nThe only exception is the beginning of the chorus.\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C(9)[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nE 0h2-2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-|3---3-3-3---3-----3-3-3-|\r\nB 3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|3---3-3-3---3-----3-3-3-|\r\nG 2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-|\r\nD 0---0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2-2-|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0-0-|\r\nA ------------0h3-3-3-3-3-|0h2-2-2-2---2-----2-2-2-|\r\nE ------------------------|0h3-3-3-3---3-----3-3-3-|\r\n  d   d u d u d   d u d u  d   d u d   d     u d u    <--strumming[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C(9)[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch](9)  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[intro][/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C(9)[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am a backseat driver from America[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C(9)[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe drive to the left on Falls Road[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C(9)[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the man at the wheel's name is Seamus[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C(9)[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe pass a child on the corner he knows[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Seamus says, now what chance has that kid got\r\nAnd I say from the back, I don't know\r\nHe says there's barbed wire at all of these exits\r\nAnd there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C(9)[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch](9)      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C(9)[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a hard life wherever you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C(9)[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if we poison our children with hatred[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C(9)[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the hard life is all that they'll know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C(9)[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go[/tab]\r\n\r\nCafeteria line in Chicago\r\nThe fat man in front of me\r\nIs calling black people trash to his children\r\nAnd he's the only trash here I see\r\n\r\nAnd I am thinking this man wears a white hood\r\nIn the night when his children should sleep\r\nBut they'll slip to their windows and they'll see him\r\nAnd they'll think that white hood's all they need\r\n\r\n'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life\r\nIt's a hard life wherever you go\r\nAnd if we poison our children with hatred\r\nThen the hard life is all that they'll know\r\nAnd there ain't no place in Chicago for those kids to go\r\n\r\nI was a child in the Sixties\r\nWhen dreams could be held through T.V.\r\nWith Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther\r\nAnd I believed, I believed, I believed\r\n\r\nNow I am the backseat driver from America\r\nAnd I am not at the wheel of control\r\nAnd I am guilty, I am war, and I am the root of all evil\r\nLord, and I can't drive on the left side of the road\r\n\r\n'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life\r\nIt's a hard life wherever you go\r\nAnd if we poison our children with hatred\r\nThen the hard life is all that they'll know\r\nAnd there ain't no place in this world for those kids to go\r\n'Cause it's a hard life wherever you go\r\n\r\n\r\nplayed these chords over Nanci's D C G sequence (NO capo for Frank's\r\nchords)...\r\n[ch]G[/ch]: x-x-12-12-10-10    [ch]F[/ch]: x-x-10-10-8-8    [ch]C[/ch]: x-x-5-5-5-3\r\n                                        (also xx5533 for [ch]C[/ch])\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\nIT'S A HARD LIFE WHEREVER YOU GO (Nanci Griffith)\n-------------------------------------------------\n*  Actually in C; capo 5.\n*  The whole song has pretty much the same chords, illustrated by the\nfollowing pattern (the strumming is just an example, taken from the intro).\nThe only exception is the beginning of the chorus.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd Seamus says, now what chance has that kid got\nAnd I say from the back, I don't know\nHe says there's barbed wire at all of these exits\nAnd there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCafeteria line in Chicago\nThe fat man in front of me\nIs calling black people trash to his children\nAnd he's the only trash here I see\n\nAnd I am thinking this man wears a white hood\nIn the night when his children should sleep\nBut they'll slip to their windows and they'll see him\nAnd they'll think that white hood's all they need\n\n'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life\nIt's a hard life wherever you go\nAnd if we poison our children with hatred\nThen the hard life is all that they'll know\nAnd there ain't no place in Chicago for those kids to go\n\nI was a child in the Sixties\nWhen dreams could be held through T.V.\nWith Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther\nAnd I believed, I believed, I believed\n\nNow I am the backseat driver from America\nAnd I am not at the wheel of control\nAnd I am guilty, I am war, and I am the root of all evil\nLord, and I can't drive on the left side of the road\n\n'Cause it's a hard life, it's a hard life, it's a very hard life\nIt's a hard life wherever you go\nAnd if we poison our children with hatred\nThen the hard life is all that they'll know\nAnd there ain't no place in this world for those kids to go\n'Cause it's a hard life wherever you go\n\n\nplayed these chords over Nanci's D C G sequence (NO capo for Frank's\nchords)...\nG: x-x-12-12-10-10    F: x-x-10-10-8-8    C: x-x-5-5-5-3\n                                        (also xx5533 for C)","chords":["A","C","D","C(9)","G","E","B","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}