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Easys Getting Harder Every Day

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[Intro]
  G C D/F# G G/A G/B C D/F# G Gsus4 G
[Verse]
GStandin' barefoot on a Ccold wood floor, D/F#lookin' out the window of Gmy back doG/AorG/B  
   CIf it keeps on rainin' I D/Athink the whole damn house is Ggonna float away D  
  GThe alarm was buzzin' at the  Cbreak of dawn,  D/Amy husband's askin', "GIs the coffee on?"
    G/A      G/B    CAnd Deasy's gettin' harder every GdayGsus4  G  
[Verse]
I'll Gdrop the baby off at  Cschool at nine,  D/F#and bust the lights to get to Gwork on time
Where G/BI'll be Cstarin' at the clock    G/B   D/Awaitin' to knock off  Ganother day D  
 GSupper's done, we'll watch some  CTV show of G/Ba    D/Abunch of folks who've never heard  of GIdaho
    G/A      G/B    CWhere Deasy's gettin' harder every GdayGsus4  G  
[Chorus]
   G      G/A      G/B   CI had a garden but my  Dflowers died,  Gthere ain't much livin' Chere inside
  GLately, I don't know what I'm hold-in' Don to
     D/F#      D/G       D/A  GWished I could run away to  CCoeur d'AleneG/B,   D/Atake nothing with me, not Geven my name
    G/A      G/B   C'Cause Deasy's gettin' harder every GdayGsus4  G  
[Instrumental]
G C D G C D D/C G/B G
[Verse]
GWe make love and then we Ckiss goodnight,   D/F#he rolls over and he's Gout like a light
    G/A      G/B   CBut I ain't mad about it,  D/Awe got nothing to talk a-Gbout anyway D  
 GThe lights are blinkin' on the Cradio towerG/B,      D/Aand I lie awake and stare at them  for Ghours and G/AhouG/Brs
  CFor Deasy's gettin' harder every GdayGsus4  G  
[Chorus]
   G      G/A      G/B   CI had a garden but my Dflowers died,  Gthere ain't much livin' Chere inside
  GLately, I don't know what I'm hold-in' Don to
     D/F#      D/G      D/A    GBut I'll never make it up to CCoeur d'AleneG/B,     D/Athere ain't no chance of me forGgetting my G/Aname
     G/B      CAnd Deasy's gettin' harder every GdayGsus4  G  
[Outro]
And it G/Afeels G/Blike  Ceasy, G/Bjust D/Akeeps on gettin' harder  Gevery dayD  G  

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Easys Getting Harder Every Day

by Iris DeMent

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

G/A

G/B

Gsus4

D/A

D/G

D/C

[Intro]

G C D/F# G G/A G/B C D/F# G Gsus4 G

[Verse]

G C D/F# G G/A G/B

Standin' barefoot on a cold wood floor, lookin' out the window of my back door

C D/A G D

If it keeps on rainin' I think the whole damn house is gonna float away

G C D/A G

The alarm was buzzin' at the break of dawn, my husband's askin', "Is the coffee on?"

G/A G/B C D G Gsus4 G

And easy's gettin' harder every day

[Verse]

G C D/F# G

I'll drop the baby off at school at nine, and bust the lights to get to work on time

G/B C G/B D/A G D

Where I'll be starin' at the clock waitin' to knock off another day

G C G/B D/A G

Supper's done, we'll watch some TV show of a bunch of folks who've never heard of Idaho

G/A G/B C D G Gsus4 G

Where easy's gettin' harder every day

[Chorus]

G G/A G/B C D G C

I had a garden but my flowers died, there ain't much livin' here inside

G D

Lately, I don't know what I'm hold-in' on to

D/F# D/G D/A G C G/B D/A G

Wished I could run away to Coeur d'Alene, take nothing with me, not even my name

G/A G/B C D G Gsus4 G

'Cause easy's gettin' harder every day

[Instrumental]

G C D G C D D/C G/B G

[Verse]

G C D/F# G

We make love and then we kiss goodnight, he rolls over and he's out like a light

G/A G/B C D/A G D

But I ain't mad about it, we got nothing to talk a-bout anyway

G C G/B D/A G G/A G/B

The lights are blinkin' on the radio tower, and I lie awake and stare at them for hours and hours

C D G Gsus4 G

For easy's gettin' harder every day

[Chorus]

G G/A G/B C D G C

I had a garden but my flowers died, there ain't much livin' here inside

G D

Lately, I don't know what I'm hold-in' on to

D/F# D/G D/A G C G/B D/A G G/A

But I'll never make it up to Coeur d'Alene, there ain't no chance of me forgetting my name

G/B C D G Gsus4 G

And easy's gettin' harder every day

[Outro]

G/A G/B C G/B D/A G D G

And it feels like easy, just keeps on gettin' harder every day

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