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Hard Road

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[Intro]
G     Am      G    Am
[Verse 1]
GThere's a fire on the Ammountain
GThere's a fire in my sAmoul
GThere's a sign on the hAmighway
It's a hGard roadAm  
[Verse 2]
TGhere's a break in a Amheart
ThGere's a break in a bAmone
TGhere's a ghost in the Amdark
It's a Ghard roadAm  
[Chorus]
Cadd9There's blood in the kitchen
GIn the shape of a sin
CThere's a ship in the water
GBut it ain't coming in
TCadd9here's a fall of an angel
AGt the end of the show
BAmut who's gonna save mDy soul
It's a hard rGoadAm  
[Verse 3]
TGhere's a heavy jaAmcket
TGhere's a heavy lAmoad
ThGere's a weight on my sAmhoulders
It's a hard rGoadAm  
[Verse 4]
GThere's a howl at the Ambackdoor
TGhere's a howl in the cAmold
TGhere's a broken botAmtle
It's a hard rGoadAm  
[Chorus]
ThCadd9ere's blood in the kitchen
IGn the shape of a sin
TCadd9here's a ship in the water
BGut it ain't coming in
TCadd9here's a fall of an angel
AGt the end of the show
BAmut who's gonna save my sDoul
It's a hard GroadAm  
[Solo]
G    Am    G   Am
[Verse 5]
N.C.
There's a strange feeling coming over me
Hollow eyes misery
TGhere's someone at the bAmackdoor
TGhere's someone in the cAmold
GGod save my soAmul
It's a haGrd roadAm  
[repeat last line till end]

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Hard Road

by Kasey Chambers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

[Intro]

G Am G Am

[Verse 1]

G Am

There's a fire on the mountain

G Am

There's a fire in my soul

G Am

There's a sign on the highway

G Am

It's a hard road

[Verse 2]

G Am

There's a break in a heart

G Am

There's a break in a bone

G Am

There's a ghost in the dark

G Am

It's a hard road

[Chorus]

Cadd9

There's blood in the kitchen

In the shape of a sin

There's a ship in the water

But it ain't coming in

Cadd9

There's a fall of an angel

At the end of the show

Am D

But who's gonna save my soul

G Am

It's a hard road

[Verse 3]

G Am

There's a heavy jacket

G Am

There's a heavy load

G Am

There's a weight on my shoulders

G Am

It's a hard road

[Verse 4]

G Am

There's a howl at the backdoor

G Am

There's a howl in the cold

G Am

There's a broken bottle

G Am

It's a hard road

[Chorus]

Cadd9

There's blood in the kitchen

In the shape of a sin

Cadd9

There's a ship in the water

But it ain't coming in

Cadd9

There's a fall of an angel

At the end of the show

Am D

But who's gonna save my soul

G Am

It's a hard road

[Solo]

G Am G Am

[Verse 5]

N.C.

There's a strange feeling coming over me

Hollow eyes misery

G Am

There's someone at the backdoor

G Am

There's someone in the cold

G Am

God save my soul

G Am

It's a hard road

[repeat last line till end]

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