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Hard To Be Cool
Written by Bob Hatch & Jason Sellers
Performed by Joe Nichols
A:x02220
Bm:x24432
D:xx0232
G:320003
[Intro]
  G    D    Bm     Ax4
[Verse 1]
She's such beauGtiful hanDdfulBm  A  
Might be mGore than I can haDndleBm  A  
She's a wGild child runDning 
Down a FrAiday nBmight
Got me wrGapped around her fiDnger 
And I’m hoAlding on tight
[Chorus]
GShe's so hDot, hey, whAat's not to lBmove
GHeaven's little devDil's got me aAll messed up
She's a liGttle heart breDaker, and IA'm her fBmool
GShe's so hDot, it's hAard to be cool
[Interlude]
G  D  Bm  A
Hard to be cGoolD  Bm  A  
[Verse 2]
She's like a tGen, but beDtter Bm  A  
She leads me Gon, but I lDet herBm  A  
Might be a spGring fling heaDrtache heAaded my Bmway
And I mGay be crDazy, but aAll I can say is
[Chorus]
GShe's so hDot, hey, whAat's not to lBmove
GHeaven's little devDil's got me aAll messed up
She's a liGttle heart breDaker, and IA'm her fBmool
GShe's so hDot, it's hAard to be cool
[Interlude]
G  D  A  Bm
Hard to be cGoolD  A  Bm  
[Bridge]
  AAGnd I ain't never seen anyDthing like herA  
In that sGexy little sundress, man, she's on fire
GShe's so hDot, hAmm, Bmyeah, she's hot, GsoDnA  
[Chorus]
GShe's so hDot, hey, whAat's not to lBmove
GHeaven's little deDvil's got me aAll messed up
She's a liGttle heart breDaker, and IA'm her fBmool
GShe's so hDot, it's hAard to be cool
[Tag]
   G     D    BmYeah, it's hAard to be cGoolD  
BmYeah, it's hAard to be cGoolD  Bm  
AShe's so hotG  D  Bm  A  
[Coda]
  G    D    Bm     Ax5 
G  D  A

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Hard To Be Cool

by Joe Nichols

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Hard To Be Cool

Written by Bob Hatch & Jason Sellers

Performed by Joe Nichols

A:x02220

Bm:x24432

D:xx0232

G:320003

[Intro]

G D Bm A

[Verse 1]

G D Bm A

She's such beautiful handful

G D Bm A

Might be more than I can handle

G D

She's a wild child running

A Bm

Down a Friday night

G D

Got me wrapped around her finger

And I’m holding on tight

[Chorus]

G D A Bm

She's so hot, hey, what's not to love

G D A

Heaven's little devil's got me all messed up

G D A Bm

She's a little heart breaker, and I'm her fool

G D A

She's so hot, it's hard to be cool

[Interlude]

G D Bm A

Hard to be cool

[Verse 2]

G D Bm A

She's like a ten, but better

G D Bm A

She leads me on, but I let her

G D A Bm

Might be a spring fling heartache headed my way

G D A

And I may be crazy, but all I can say is

[Chorus]

G D A Bm

She's so hot, hey, what's not to love

G D A

Heaven's little devil's got me all messed up

G D A Bm

She's a little heart breaker, and I'm her fool

G D A

She's so hot, it's hard to be cool

[Interlude]

G D A Bm

Hard to be cool

[Bridge]

A G D A

And I ain't never seen anything like her

In that sexy little sundress, man, she's on fire

G D A Bm G D A

She's so hot, hmm, yeah, she's hot, son

[Chorus]

G D A Bm

She's so hot, hey, what's not to love

G D A

Heaven's little devil's got me all messed up

G D A Bm

She's a little heart breaker, and I'm her fool

G D A

She's so hot, it's hard to be cool

[Tag]

G D Bm A G D

Yeah, it's hard to be cool

Bm A G D Bm

Yeah, it's hard to be cool

A G D Bm A

She's so hot

[Coda]

G D Bm A

G D A

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