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Hard Life
Bonnie Prince Billy
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Hard Life by Bonnie Prince Billy
I don't normally tab songs out myself but I couldn't find this anywhere so I thought I�d
it a go and work it out. Some of the lyrics might not be right, but they�re as close as
can tell. In a few places where there�s Fm it sometimes sounds like he�s playing an F.
Chords:
EADGBE
D xx0232
A x02220
Bm 224432
G 355433 or 320003
Em 022000
F#m 244222
Cm 335543
Eb 668886
Bb 113331
F 133211
Fm 133111
Gm 355333
Chorus:
D
And it's a hard life
A
For a man with no wife
Bm G
Babe it's a hard life
D
God makes you live
D
But without it
A
Don't doubt it
Bm G
You don't even have
D
Your tears to give
Verse 1:
D
I wake up and I'm fine
Em
With my dreaming still on my mind
G
But it don't take long you see
D
For the demons to come and visit me
D
And I've got my problems
Em
Sometimes love don't solve them
G F#m G
And I end each day
D
In a song
Chorus:
D
And it's a hard life
A
For a man with no wife
Bm G
Lord it's a hard life
D
God makes you live
But without it
A
Baby don't doubt it
Bm G
You don't even have
D
Your tears to give
Verse 2:
D
And oh I'm a hard man
Em
To live with sometimes
G
Maybe it ain't in me
D
To make you a happy wife of mine
And maybe you'll kill me
Em
Honey I don't blame you
G F#m G
If I was in your place
D
Maybe that's what I would do
Cm Bb
But I ain't breathing, Let me breath
Cm Bb
Let me go, Let me leave
Gm Cm
I don't know but I might lose
Eb Fm
I might bump my head to blow a fuse
Cm Eb Bb
So let me go
Cm Eb Bb
Lay down
Cm Eb Bb
On my own
Cm Eb Bb
Let me drown
Cm Eb
Let me go
F
Go where you don't know
Outro:
Bb F Gm Eb Bb x2