Cold Hard World Chords by Daniel Johnston

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[C] _ _ _ _ It's a cold, [D] hard world.
_ [G] It's a cold, _ [C] hard world.
It's a cold, _ [D] hard world.
[G] Oh no, _ _ _ _ _ [C] I heard Red Donley [D] say _ it [G] was on the news [C] today.
_ It's a cold, _ [D] hard world.
_ [G] It's a cold, _ [C] hard world.
_ _ It's hiking across [D] the country looking _ [G] for a bite [C] to eat.
You'd be _ surprised at [D] the angles [G] and the _ people [C] you'd meet. _ _
Rolling down [D] that highway _ with [G] eyes fixed straight [C] ahead. _
They had a caravan of [D] cars _ [G] to bury the [C] dead. _
And Coke cans and [D] pop bottles lined [G] the streets like [C] flowers instead.
And this guy gave me a [D]
ride.
I said, this industrial waste sure [G] stinks.
_ _ _ _ He [C] said he likes [D] that smell, _ [G] cause that's the smell [C] of money.
I _ said, well, [D] mister, money [G] stinks too.
_ _ _ _ _ It's a [C]
cold, [D] hard world.
_ [G] It's a cold, [C] hard world.
It's a cold, [D] hard world.
[G] Oh no.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] I met [D] a fireman.
He [G] said you never forget [C] burning flesh.
And the _ _ [D] librarian said, do you [G] have a card here?
_ _ _ I [C] said, I've been coming here [D] for weeks.
_ [G] Don't you recognize me [C] by now?
_ I've checked out a million [D] books just to get you [G] to notice me.
_ _ _ It's a [C]
cold, [D] hard world.
_ [G] It's a cold, [C] hard _ world.
It's a cold, [D] hard world.
_ [G] Oh no.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Somebody's _ house [D] burnt down.
_ [G] Somebody's hubcap [C] fell off.
_ Somebody's soul got [D] lost. _ _
[G] Somebody's heart [C] got broke. _
I heard Red [D] Donley say _ [G] it was on the news [C] today. _
It's a cold, [D] hard world.
_ [G] It's a cold, [C] hard _
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