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DAVID RAMIREZ 
ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
CAPO 2  - Keep in mind he plays the C with the G in the bass too!
CBetween a rock and Fa hard Cplace
CWhether I like or not FI'm digging my gGrave
AmFriends ask me why GI choose to staFy
FBetween a rock aGnd a haCrd place
I Fain't getting younger now C  
GI'm fading like a setting Amsun
I ain't strFong like I was whCen I was youngG  
FBut for all the things CI lost
TGhere are a few I've Amgained
Most came Fbetween a rock and a hard GplaceC  
CMaybe I want to stFare deaCth in face
CPound my chest and scFream, I ain't afrGaid
AmTruth is I'm beaten Gdown and brokeFn from all the weight
FPushing me to trGade my Cguilt for grace
I Fain't getting younger nowC  
GI'm fading like a setting Amsun
I ain'Ft strong like I wCas when I was youngG  
FBut for all the things CI lost
GThere are a few I've Amgained
FMost came betweGen a rock and a Fhard pAmlaceG  
FA hard AmplaceG  
FA hard AmplaceG  C  
Am  G   Am   G   F
CSo when you lay me Fdown tCo rest in peace
CSet my tombstone flat Fon top of my graGve
AmSo forever my body Gwill lay betweeFn
FA rock and a harGd placeC  
FI ain't getting younger nCow 
GI'm fading like a setting Amsun
I ain't strFong like I was whCen I was youngG  
FBut for all the things CI lost
TGhere are a few I've Amgained
Most came Fbetween a rock and a hard GplaceC  

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Rock And A Hard Place

by David Ramirez

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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DAVID RAMIREZ

ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

CAPO 2 - Keep in mind he plays the C with the G in the bass too!

C F C

Between a rock and a hard place

C F G

Whether I like or not I'm digging my grave

Am G F

Friends ask me why I choose to stay

F G C

Between a rock and a hard place

F C

I ain't getting younger now

G Am

I'm fading like a setting sun

F C G

I ain't strong like I was when I was young

F C

But for all the things I lost

G Am

There are a few I've gained

F G C

Most came between a rock and a hard place

C F C

Maybe I want to stare death in face

C F G

Pound my chest and scream, I ain't afraid

Am G F

Truth is I'm beaten down and broken from all the weight

F G C

Pushing me to trade my guilt for grace

F C

I ain't getting younger now

G Am

I'm fading like a setting sun

F C G

I ain't strong like I was when I was young

F C

But for all the things I lost

G Am

There are a few I've gained

F G F Am G

Most came between a rock and a hard place

F Am G

A hard place

F Am G C

A hard place

Am G Am G F

C F C

So when you lay me down to rest in peace

C F G

Set my tombstone flat on top of my grave

Am G F

So forever my body will lay between

F G C

A rock and a hard place

F C

I ain't getting younger now

G Am

I'm fading like a setting sun

F C G

I ain't strong like I was when I was young

F C

But for all the things I lost

G Am

There are a few I've gained

F G C

Most came between a rock and a hard place

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