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It Aint Easy

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"It Ain't Easy"                                                         
[Intro] 
G  C G C  G
[Verse 1]
GIt’s hard for Dme to see you AmfallingCm  
GYou used to Dbe one jump AmaheadC/G  
GBut you came Dtoo close to the Em6fire
Cmaj7And now the flames mess with your D7sus4head
[Chorus]
It ain’t Em7easyD(sus4)  
It ain’t Cadd9easyG  
It ain’t Em7easyBmadd13  
But I’m on your Cadd9sideG/B  
[Verse 2]
GA one-armed Dbandit can do you AmfavorsCm  
GBut he will Dnever be your AmfrienC/Gd
GYou thought your Dfull house was a Em6winner
Cmaj7But then you saw the other D7sus4hand
[Chorus] 
2x
It ain’t Em7easyD(sus4)  
It ain’t Cadd9easyG  
It ain’t Em7easyBmadd13  
But I’m on your Cadd9sideG/B  
[Instrumental]
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
D Dsus2 D Dsus2
[Solo]
Em EmM7 Em7 Em6 Am Am Am/G D7
Em EmM7 Em7 Em6 Am D7
[Verse 3]
GThe wind can Dblow in each AmdirectionCm  
GBut it can Dalways be a AmfriendC/G  
GPiano Dman, don’t be a Em6stranger
Cmaj7I'd love to see your face D7sus4again
[Chorus] 
2x
It ain’t Em7easyD(sus4)  
It ain’t Cadd9easyG  
It ain’t Em7easyBmadd13  
But I’m on your Cadd9sideG/B  
[Instrumental]
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
D Dsus2 D Dsus2
[Outro]
G  C G C  G
Chords used:
Am: x02210
Am/G: 302210
Bmadd13:
C: x32010 or 3x2013 (in combination with G)
Cm: x01010
Cadd9: x32033
C/G: 332010
Cmaj7: x32000
D: xx0232
D7: xx0212
Dsus2: xx0230
Dsus4: xx0233
D7sus4: xx0213
Em: 022000
Em6: 042000
Em7: 020000
EmM7: 021000
G: 320003 or 320033 or 3x0033
G/B: x20033

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It Aint Easy

by Douwe Bob

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Em6

Cmaj7

D7sus4

Em7

D(sus4)

Cadd9

Bmadd13

G/B

Dsus2

EmM7

Am/G

"It Ain't Easy"

[Intro]

G C G C G

[Verse 1]

G D Am Cm

It’s hard for me to see you falling

G D Am C/G

You used to be one jump ahead

G D Em6

But you came too close to the fire

Cmaj7 D7sus4

And now the flames mess with your head

[Chorus]

Em7 D(sus4)

It ain’t easy

Cadd9 G

It ain’t easy

Em7 Bmadd13

It ain’t easy

Cadd9 G/B

But I’m on your side

[Verse 2]

G D Am Cm

A one-armed bandit can do you favors

G D Am C/G

But he will never be your friend

G D Em6

You thought your full house was a winner

Cmaj7 D7sus4

But then you saw the other hand

[Chorus]

Em7 D(sus4)

It ain’t easy

Cadd9 G

It ain’t easy

Em7 Bmadd13

It ain’t easy

Cadd9 G/B

But I’m on your side

[Instrumental]

D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2

Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B

D Dsus2 D Dsus2

[Solo]

Em EmM7 Em7 Em6 Am Am Am/G D7

Em EmM7 Em7 Em6 Am D7

[Verse 3]

G D Am Cm

The wind can blow in each direction

G D Am C/G

But it can always be a friend

G D Em6

Piano man, don’t be a stranger

Cmaj7 D7sus4

I'd love to see your face again

[Chorus]

Em7 D(sus4)

It ain’t easy

Cadd9 G

It ain’t easy

Em7 Bmadd13

It ain’t easy

Cadd9 G/B

But I’m on your side

[Instrumental]

D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2

Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B

D Dsus2 D Dsus2

[Outro]

G C G C G

Chords used:

Am: x02210

Am/G: 302210

Bmadd13:

C: x32010 or 3x2013 (in combination with G)

Cm: x01010

Cadd9: x32033

C/G: 332010

Cmaj7: x32000

D: xx0232

D7: xx0212

Dsus2: xx0230

Dsus4: xx0233

D7sus4: xx0213

Em: 022000

Em6: 042000

Em7: 020000

EmM7: 021000

G: 320003 or 320033 or 3x0033

G/B: x20033

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