Life Is Hard Chords by Timbuk 3
Tempo:
119.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
G
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] I've [A] got to wear a chain.
[Am]
[F#] [A]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
Betty's in a wet t-shirt [A] feeling foolish and vain.
[D] [Cm] Looking like some house cat that got [C] caught out in the rain.
Staring in through the mirror at this [D] less than pretty picture.
[C] Feeling ten years older now and fifty bucks [G] richer.
Life [F] is hard.
[Gm] [A] Can't find happiness no [C] matter what you do.
[G] Can't get to heaven on a roller skates.
[Gm] [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [D] Timbuktu.
Paul [C] was a poor little rich boy.
He never had to cry.
[D] Whenever [C] he complained of aches and [A] pains the doctors would drive by.
Now [C] he goes to parlors with the prettiest girls in town.
[D] Get [C] paid five hundred dollars just to kick him when he's [G] down.
Life is hard.
Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
[G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi [A] cab to [C] Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
[D] [C]
[G] [F]
Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you [D] do.
[C] [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [C] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu.
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[G] [F]
[D] [C]
[G] [E]
[F] [D] [C]
[A] [C] After he stepped the waitress and ran out on his tab.
[D] Big [C] Mac had a heart attack in the back of a yellow cab.
By the time the sound of a siren said the ambulance was [D] coming.
His heart [C] had stopped beating but the meter was still [G] running.
Life [F] is hard.
[G] Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
[G] [Em] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
[A] [D] [C]
[G] [F]
[G] [F] Ain't no escape to who [A] the rent [C]
comes to.
[A] [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [Fm] Timbuktu.
[G] [D] [C]
[C] [A] [C]
[A] [C]
[D] [C]
[A] [C]
[A] [D] [C]
[A] [D]
[F#] [N]
[Am]
[F#] [A]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
Betty's in a wet t-shirt [A] feeling foolish and vain.
[D] [Cm] Looking like some house cat that got [C] caught out in the rain.
Staring in through the mirror at this [D] less than pretty picture.
[C] Feeling ten years older now and fifty bucks [G] richer.
Life [F] is hard.
[Gm] [A] Can't find happiness no [C] matter what you do.
[G] Can't get to heaven on a roller skates.
[Gm] [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [D] Timbuktu.
Paul [C] was a poor little rich boy.
He never had to cry.
[D] Whenever [C] he complained of aches and [A] pains the doctors would drive by.
Now [C] he goes to parlors with the prettiest girls in town.
[D] Get [C] paid five hundred dollars just to kick him when he's [G] down.
Life is hard.
Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
[G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi [A] cab to [C] Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
[D] [C]
[G] [F]
Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you [D] do.
[C] [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [C] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu.
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[G] [F]
[D] [C]
[G] [E]
[F] [D] [C]
[A] [C] After he stepped the waitress and ran out on his tab.
[D] Big [C] Mac had a heart attack in the back of a yellow cab.
By the time the sound of a siren said the ambulance was [D] coming.
His heart [C] had stopped beating but the meter was still [G] running.
Life [F] is hard.
[G] Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
[G] [Em] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
[A] [D] [C]
[G] [F]
[G] [F] Ain't no escape to who [A] the rent [C]
comes to.
[A] [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
[D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [Fm] Timbuktu.
[G] [D] [C]
[C] [A] [C]
[A] [C]
[D] [C]
[A] [C]
[A] [D] [C]
[A] [D]
[F#] [N]
Key:
C
D
G
A
F
C
D
G
_ _ _ _ _ [G] I've [A] got to wear a chain.
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_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Betty's in a wet t-shirt [A] feeling foolish and vain.
[D] [Cm] Looking like some house cat that got [C] caught out in the rain.
Staring in through the mirror at this [D] less than pretty picture.
[C] Feeling ten years older now and fifty bucks [G] richer.
Life [F] is hard.
[Gm] _ [A] Can't find happiness no [C] matter what you do.
_ _ _ _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller skates.
[Gm] _ _ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [D] Timbuktu.
Paul [C] was a poor little rich boy.
He never had to cry.
[D] Whenever [C] he complained of aches and [A] pains the doctors would drive by.
Now [C] he goes to parlors with the prettiest girls in town.
[D] Get [C] paid five hundred dollars just to kick him when he's [G] down.
Life is hard.
_ _ Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
_ _ _ _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
_ _ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi [A] cab to [C] Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you [D] do.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [C] skates.
_ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ After he stepped the waitress and ran out on his tab.
[D] Big [C] Mac had a heart attack in the back of a yellow cab.
By the time the sound of a siren said the ambulance was [D] coming.
His heart [C] had stopped beating but the meter was still [G] running.
Life [F] is hard.
[G] _ Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
_ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ [F] Ain't no escape to who [A] the rent [C]
comes to.
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
_ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [Fm] Timbuktu. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Betty's in a wet t-shirt [A] feeling foolish and vain.
[D] [Cm] Looking like some house cat that got [C] caught out in the rain.
Staring in through the mirror at this [D] less than pretty picture.
[C] Feeling ten years older now and fifty bucks [G] richer.
Life [F] is hard.
[Gm] _ [A] Can't find happiness no [C] matter what you do.
_ _ _ _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller skates.
[Gm] _ _ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [D] Timbuktu.
Paul [C] was a poor little rich boy.
He never had to cry.
[D] Whenever [C] he complained of aches and [A] pains the doctors would drive by.
Now [C] he goes to parlors with the prettiest girls in town.
[D] Get [C] paid five hundred dollars just to kick him when he's [G] down.
Life is hard.
_ _ Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
_ _ _ _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
_ _ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi [A] cab to [C] Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you [D] do.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [C] skates.
_ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ After he stepped the waitress and ran out on his tab.
[D] Big [C] Mac had a heart attack in the back of a yellow cab.
By the time the sound of a siren said the ambulance was [D] coming.
His heart [C] had stopped beating but the meter was still [G] running.
Life [F] is hard.
[G] _ Can't find happiness [D] no [C] matter what you do.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
_ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu.
Life is hard.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ [F] Ain't no escape to who [A] the rent [C]
comes to.
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] Can't get to heaven on a roller [F] skates.
_ [D] [C] Can't take a taxi cab to [Fm] Timbuktu. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [N] _