Tom: Am 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.