The Hard Way

THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
E|------------------------------------| 

(These are the chords for the acoustic (rhythm) guitar; capo at the 2nd
 fret.  The electric guitars play it in D with no capo.  Frankly, either way
 is pretty easy, but I wrote the chords down for the acoustic.  The tab at
 the end is for the electrics.)
(It sounds okay to play E7 instead of G#dim7.)
(I play C5 as x3x013 and G#dim7 as xx0101 or x20101.)
(Each chord is half a measure.)


[Intro]
(The high notes are played by one electric guitar, the low notes by another;
no capo on the electrics.)

   A       Bm       G        A       A       Bm       G       A
E|-----0-------0---|----0--------0--|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|  
B|---2---2---3---3-|--3---3----2--2-|--2---2---3---3-|--3---3---2---2-|  
G|-2-------4-------| 0--------2------|2-------4-------|0-------2-------| 
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
A|-----------------|--------------5-| 7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-| 
E|-----------------|--------------3-| 5-5-5-5-7-7-7-3-|3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| 

                                  *  *     * *     *    *   * *       (accents)
   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^   (timing)

[Intro]

G  Am  F  G    G  Am  F  G    C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F
(electric guitar(s))  (whole band)


[Chorus 1]

C  C             C/E   F     C   C             C/E     F
   Show a little inspiration,    show a little spark
C      C                     C/E      F          C     C      C/E   F
   And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart
C      C                 C/E       F             C      C      C/E   F
   And tell me something I don't know instead of everything I do
C      C             C/E   F    C           C   C/E   F
   And look at me as if I mean something to you


[Verse 1]

G                G         G#dim    G#dim    Am           Am/G  D7/F#  D7/F#
  Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but while we're wide awake
             F           C5         C5           C5
You know the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
F              C5                   C5          C5
Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say
G             Am       F       G       C  C  C/E  F
Everything we got, we got the hard way


[Chorus 2]

C  C             C/E   F     C   C             C/E     F
 Show a little passion, baby,    show a little style
C      C                     C/E      F          C     C      C/E   F
 And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how
C      C                 C/E       F             C      C      C/E   F
 And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path
C      C             C/E   F    C           C          C/E   F
 You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back


[Verse 2]

G                G         G#dim    G#dim    Am           Am/G  D7/F#  D7/F#
Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith
             F           C5         C5           C5
That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
F              C5                   C5          C5
Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say
G             Am       F       G       C  C  C  C
Everything we got, we got the hard way


[Bridge]

Em7          Em7    F         F    C                C        G    Gsus4 G
   Caught up in our little lives,    there's not a lot left over
Em7             Em7      Am7     Am7/G      F(9)       F(9)    Gsus4     G
   I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover


[Instrumental]

C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F

C  C  C/E  F    C  C  C/E  F


[Chorus 3]

C  C             C/E   F     C   C             C/E     F
  So show a little inspiration,    show a little spark
C      C                     C/E      F          C     C      C/E   F
  Show the world a little light when you show it your heart
G                G         G#dim    G#dim    Am           D
We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make
             F           C5         C5           C5
   And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
G             Am       F       G       C  C  C  C
  Listen to your heart, and your heart might say


[Outro]

G             Am       F       G    G             Am       F       G
Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way)
G             Am       F       G    C   C   C/E   F
Everything we got, we got the hard way
C     C             C/E         F                C     C   C/E   F
       (because the world won't stop)  hang on, baby...


[Instrumental]

C  C  C/E  F  C  C  C/E  F
                            fade.