{"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":2858465,"song":"Harder Before It Gets Easier","artist":"The David Wax Museum","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11646276-harder-before-it-gets-easier-chords-by-the-david-wax-museum/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2858465?type=chord","rating":0.18638,"votes":0,"content":"Harder Before It Gets Easier - David Wax Museum\r\n\r\n\r\nCool rhythm. It's in 6/8 time and generally goes something like:\r\n1 + 2 + 3 + 4   5   6\r\n\r\nOn the album the \"baby is born in a mud hut\"part is just percussion but can be played with the\r\nintro pattern\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been sobbing so hard you can barely breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been sobbing so hard you can barely breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been stitching your heart on the outside of your sleeve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been stitching your heart on the outside of your sleeve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been wrung out and then doused with grief[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the ocean of time this moment will be brief[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill be brief[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate was at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, too loud to ignore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, we were unprepared[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare[/tab]\r\n\r\nVamp: [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMuddled position of our hearts will shift[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPosition of our hearts will shift[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeday this burden of loving will lift[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis burden of lo-ving will lift[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the difference between wrong and right will close like a fist[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now judgments passed on us will be swift[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust like this[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate was at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, too loud to ignore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, we were unprepared[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n (percussion only)\r\nA baby is born in a mud hut\r\n\r\nA baby is born in a mud hut\r\n\r\nWith a worm fastened to his gut\r\n\r\nWith a worm fastened to his gut\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, most doors open briefly and then they are shut[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe circle of life is a wheel that gets stuck[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a rut[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n (a capella)                                          D7\r\nOh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate was at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, too loud to ignore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, we were unprepared[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate it does not care[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate was at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, too loud to ignore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, we were unprepared[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCaaaaaaaaaare[/tab]\r\n(a capella)\r\nCaaaaaaaaaare","plain_text":"Harder Before It Gets Easier - David Wax Museum\n\n\nCool rhythm. It's in 6/8 time and generally goes something like:\n1 + 2 + 3 + 4   5   6\n\nOn the album the \"baby is born in a mud hut\"part is just percussion but can be played with the\nintro pattern\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC D G G D D G G x2\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVamp: G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nC D G G D D G G x4\n\n[Bridge]\n (percussion only)\nA baby is born in a mud hut\n\nA baby is born in a mud hut\n\nWith a worm fastened to his gut\n\nWith a worm fastened to his gut\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n (a capella)                                          D7\nOh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(a capella)\nCaaaaaaaaaare","chords":["C","D","G","Em","B","D7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}