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Rock Hard Times

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1/41

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 41Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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CAPO III:
Intro:
e||--3-----3----||
B||----3-----3--||
G||-------------|| repeat until E starts to sing
D||-------------||
A||-------------||
E||-------------||
GThey told me G/F#that I couldn’t cEm7ome back here Dagain
       Cadd9  Cadd9/      B     Asus4  D  
Took me for some kind of fool
GSaid I was dG/F#oing things that nEm7ever should bDe done
       Cadd9  Cadd9/      B     Asus4  D  
But I don’t care about their rules
EmAs if I cared ‘bout the Clittle minds
                          G    G  G/F# Em7  
In the little heads of the herd
EmThere’s nothing you Ccould dream
Would be Gmore absurd
GAnd everybodG/F#y knows these are Em7rock hard timDes
       Cadd9  Cadd9/     B  
I gotta make it through
Asus4These are rDock hard timesG  
EmI don’t know what it is they’re Ctrying to do to me
                      G    G  G/F#  Em/7
Make me into some sick joke
EmBut no one’s laughing, and lCeast of all not me
CIt’s hard to laugh as you cGhoke
Hollywood lies piled up to the sky
Floating your way soon
Hope you like the rotten stench of doom
And everybody knows these are rock hard times
I gotta make it through
These are rock hard times
Solo:
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------7--5-5-3-3----------||
G||--4h6--6-4-4-2—2-2-1---4h6--6-4-4-2—2-6-4---4h6--6-4-4-2—2-2-4-6-------------6-4-2-1-||
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
I don’t know what it is they think I’m gonna try
They don’t know what they need to fear
The surest sign that the end is coming soon
Is right there in the bathroom mirror
And everybody knows these are rock hard times
I gotta make it through
These are rock hard times
These are rock hard times

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Rock Hard Times

by Eels

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

Em7

Cadd9

Asus4

Listen to the song to get the timing right

CAPO III:

Intro:

e||--3-----3----||

B||----3-----3--||

G||-------------|| repeat until E starts to sing

D||-------------||

A||-------------||

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

G G/F# Em7 D

They told me that I couldn’t come back here again

Cadd9 Cadd9 B Asus4 D

Took me for some kind of fool

G G/F# Em7 D

Said I was doing things that never should be done

Cadd9 Cadd9 B Asus4 D

But I don’t care about their rules

Em C

As if I cared ‘bout the little minds

G G G Em7

/F#

In the little heads of the herd

Em C

There’s nothing you could dream

Would be more absurd

G G/F# Em7 D

And everybody knows these are rock hard times

Cadd9 Cadd9 B

I gotta make it through

Asus4 D G

These are rock hard times

Em C

I don’t know what it is they’re trying to do to me

G G G Em

/F# /7

Make me into some sick joke

Em C

But no one’s laughing, and least of all not me

C G

It’s hard to laugh as you choke

Hollywood lies piled up to the sky

Floating your way soon

Hope you like the rotten stench of doom

And everybody knows these are rock hard times

I gotta make it through

These are rock hard times

Solo:

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

B||-----------------------------------------------------------------7--5-5-3-3----------||

G||--4h6--6-4-4-2—2-2-1---4h6--6-4-4-2—2-6-4---4h6--6-4-4-2—2-2-4-6-------------6-4-2-1-||

D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

A||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

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

I don’t know what it is they think I’m gonna try

They don’t know what they need to fear

The surest sign that the end is coming soon

Is right there in the bathroom mirror

And everybody knows these are rock hard times

I gotta make it through

These are rock hard times

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