Hard Life Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays451

Hard Life by Brad Paisley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, A, E and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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B
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16
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verse 1 
                B                           A 
Stop staring at me.  Leave the sad looks at home. 
                B              A                           E 
Everybody feels bad and don't understand it's not like I'm alone. 
       A                             E                            
Cause everyone has there battles to fight,o- 
    A                          B          
and I don't need you sympathy tonight. 

 
     E                  A 
It a hard life, but I'm okay. 
                 E                            B              
If I didn't have this I wouldn't be who I am today. 
                   C#m                     A            
And I have lots of friends.  Oh and I have love. 
               E               B                  E         
Yeah I have a hard life but in someways everybody does. 

verse 2 
                      B                    A                
There's a lot I can't do. Don't be judging me. 
                B                   A                        E 
I'm in a body I hate, but I have my faith more than what you see. 
             A                               E                      
So what if I can't kick a soccer ball into a goal. 
                  A                                B          
I feel like I can lift five hundred pounds with my soul. 

 
     E                  A 
It a hard life, but I'm okay. 
                 E                            B              
If I didn't have this I wouldn't be who I am today. 
                   C#m                     A            
And I have lots of friends.  Oh and I have love. 
               E               B                  E         
Yeah I have a hard life but in someways everybody does. 

Bridge 

          A                                                        
Some like me have lost there battle 
    C#m                   A             
but they will be the sun. That give you warmth, 
    E              A               B              
and lights the way so we can shine on. 

 
     E                  A 
It a hard life, but I'm okay. 
                 E                            B              
If I didn't have this I wouldn't be who I am today. 
                   C#m                     A            
And I have lots of friends.  Oh and I have love. 
               E               B                  E         
Yeah I have a hard life but in someways everybody does. 

Outro 

              E                  B                   E 
Yeah I have a hard life, but in someways everybody does. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante