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You can put a capo wherever fits your voice the most, the original is a little too low
for me so I put my capo
on the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
D
[Verse]
DHummingbird, you barely Emsing
    G/Em             G             A7  D  
the only song I hear, your humming wings.
DHumming bee you never sEmting,
     G/Em             G                    A7  D  
and I held on for hours, but didn't feel a thing.
[Chorus] 
GIt's hard to A7tell how hard it's Dbeen,
to have a Bmname that hardly Gfits.
GIt's hard to A7know what to Dexpect,
hard to Bmhave when nothing's Gleft.A7  
[Verse] 
DSeahorse where'd your saddle Emgo?
   G/Em                G            A7  D  
..so much for pony rides down coral roads
DForest Pike you've never Emseen
   G/Em                G                 A7  D  
a single blade of grass or leaves on trees
[Chorus]
GIt's hard to A7tell how hard it's Dbeen,
to have a Bmname that hardly Gfits.
GIt's hard to A7know what to Dexpect,
hard to Bmhave when nothing's Gleft.A7  
[Verse] 
DMary-Beth where is your Emring?
      G/Em                G              A7  D  
You've never loved much more than summer flings
DSarah-Grace you wear a fEmrown,
     G/Em           G               A7  D  
it's not so elegant to keep falling down.
Ending
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Hard To Tell

by Jeff Pianki

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

Chords in this song · guitar

You can put a capo wherever fits your voice the most, the original is a little too low

for me so I put my capo

on the 2nd fret.

[Intro]

[Verse]

D Em

Hummingbird, you barely sing

G A7 D

G/Em

the only song I hear, your humming wings.

D Em

Humming bee you never sting,

G A7 D

G/Em

and I held on for hours, but didn't feel a thing.

[Chorus]

G A7 D

It's hard to tell how hard it's been,

Bm G

to have a name that hardly fits.

G A7 D

It's hard to know what to expect,

Bm G A7

hard to have when nothing's left.

[Verse]

D Em

Seahorse where'd your saddle go?

G A7 D

G/Em

..so much for pony rides down coral roads

D Em

Forest Pike you've never seen

G A7 D

G/Em

a single blade of grass or leaves on trees

[Chorus]

G A7 D

It's hard to tell how hard it's been,

Bm G

to have a name that hardly fits.

G A7 D

It's hard to know what to expect,

Bm G A7

hard to have when nothing's left.

[Verse]

D Em

Mary-Beth where is your ring?

G A7 D

G/Em

You've never loved much more than summer flings

D Em

Sarah-Grace you wear a frown,

G A7 D

G/Em

it's not so elegant to keep falling down.

Ending

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