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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
"Roll and I'll just feel something."
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D|---------------------|-----------------------|-9-9-11---12-12-11-9-|
A|-9-9-11---12-12-11---|-12-12-11---12-12-11-9-|-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-|
E|-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-|-7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-|---------------------|
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B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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D|-12-12-11---12-12-11-12/|-11-11-13---14-14-13-11-|-14-14-13---14-14-13-11-|
A|-7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7/-|-9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9--|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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G|-8-------------------|-----------------------|
D|-7---11---12-12-11---|-12-12\11---12-12-11-9-|
A|-9-9-11---12-12-11-9-|-12-12\11-9-12-12-12-9-|
E|-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-|-7--7-----7-7--7--7--7-|
[Verse 1]
It's Bhard to be, yeah, it's Ehard for me
to keep arm's F#lenght from my baBby.
Whoa, can't you see? When I'm a-Eway from her yeah,
it sho-'F#nuff drives me cra-Bzy.
Oh, Esomethin' in side of meF#, wF#6hen she's F#gone,
F#6I miss her soG#m, I wanna tell her how I feel,
AI just gotta let her F#know.
BWhen I'm alone with her,
Eand she's in F#my arms, I'm in hea-Bven.
[Instrumental]
B E F# E
[Verse 2]
BAll I see, in Eall my dreams,
we'll be haF#ppy togeth-Ber.
Side by side, I hope that Eour love
will stay F#this way forev-Ber.
Oh, Esomethin' inside of me,
F#Got a F#6feelin' F#I F#6won't let go.
G#mI wanña tell her how I feel.
AI just gotta let her F#know.
BLookin' through her eyes I see par-Eadice,
no mis-F#take she's full of Bfire.
BWell, like a real live wire, a house on fire,
she's my burn-Ein', burnF#in' desirBe.
[Instrumental]
B E F#
[Solo]
B E F# B E F#
G#m A F# B E F# B
[Verse 3]
Well, It's Bhard to be yeah, it's Ehard for me
to keep arm's F#lenght from my baBby.
Whoa, can't you see? When I'm a-Eway from her yeah,
it sho-'F#nuff drives me cra-Bzy.
Oh, Esomethin' in side of me, F#whF#6en she's F#gonF#6e,
I miss her so, G#mI wanna tell her how I feel,
AI just gotta let her F#know.
BWhen I'm all alone with her,
Eand she's in my F#arms, I'm in hea-Bven.
BLike a real live wire, a house on fire,
she's my burn-Ein', she's my burnF#in', burnin' desirBe.
[Outro]
BHard to be, it's Ehard for me,
F#hard to keep, keep me from my ba-Bby.
Hard to be, it's so Ehard to me,
F#hard to keep, keep me from my ba-Bby.
Hard to be, Ehard for me,
hard for me, to keep F#me from my ba-Bby.

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Hard To Be

by Vaughan Brothers

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F#6

G#m

[Intro]

"Roll and I'll just feel something."

e|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

B|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

G|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

D|---------------------|-----------------------|-9-9-11---12-12-11-9-|

A|-9-9-11---12-12-11---|-12-12-11---12-12-11-9-|-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-|

E|-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-|-7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-|---------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

D|-12-12-11---12-12-11-12/|-11-11-13---14-14-13-11-|-14-14-13---14-14-13-11-|

A|-7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7/-|-9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9-9--9--9--9--|

E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|---------------------|-----------------------|

B|---------------------|-----------------------|

G|-8-------------------|-----------------------|

D|-7---11---12-12-11---|-12-12\11---12-12-11-9-|

A|-9-9-11---12-12-11-9-|-12-12\11-9-12-12-12-9-|

E|-7-7-7--7-7--7--7--7-|-7--7-----7-7--7--7--7-|

[Verse 1]

B E

It's hard to be, yeah, it's hard for me

F# B

to keep arm's lenght from my baby.

Whoa, can't you see? When I'm a-way from her yeah,

F# B

it sho-'nuff drives me cra-zy.

E F# F#6 F#

Oh, somethin' in side of me, when she's gone,

F#6 G#m

I miss her so, I wanna tell her how I feel,

A F#

I just gotta let her know.

When I'm alone with her,

E F# B

and she's in my arms, I'm in hea-ven.

[Instrumental]

B E F# E

[Verse 2]

B E

All I see, in all my dreams,

F# B

we'll be happy togeth-er.

Side by side, I hope that our love

F# B

will stay this way forev-er.

Oh, somethin' inside of me,

F# F#6 F# F#6

Got a feelin' I won't let go.

G#m

I wanña tell her how I feel.

A F#

I just gotta let her know.

B E

Lookin' through her eyes I see par-adice,

F# B

no mis-take she's full of fire.

Well, like a real live wire, a house on fire,

E F# B

she's my burn-in', burnin' desire.

[Instrumental]

B E F#

[Solo]

B E F# B E F#

G#m A F# B E F# B

[Verse 3]

B E

Well, It's hard to be yeah, it's hard for me

F# B

to keep arm's lenght from my baby.

Whoa, can't you see? When I'm a-way from her yeah,

F# B

it sho-'nuff drives me cra-zy.

E F# F#6 F# F#6

Oh, somethin' in side of me, when she's gone,

G#m

I miss her so, I wanna tell her how I feel,

A F#

I just gotta let her know.

When I'm all alone with her,

E F# B

and she's in my arms, I'm in hea-ven.

Like a real live wire, a house on fire,

E F# B

she's my burn-in', she's my burnin', burnin' desire.

[Outro]

B E

Hard to be, it's hard for me,

F# B

hard to keep, keep me from my ba-by.

Hard to be, it's so hard to me,

F# B

hard to keep, keep me from my ba-by.

Hard to be, hard for me,

F# B

hard for me, to keep me from my ba-by.

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