Easy To Be Hard Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays737

Easy To Be Hard by Three Dog Night is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, A, D, Em, Bm, D7, G, Dm7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			INTRO: C A (x2) 

 
C              A                C              A 
How can people be so heartless..how can people be  

so cruel? 
D          Em    A    D     Bm   D D7 
Easy to be hard..easy to be cold. 
C              A                 C            A 
How can people have no feelings..how can they ignore  

their friends? 
D          Em     A    D      Bm  D D7 
Easy to be proud..easy to say no. 

 
G          Dm7        G          Dm7 
Especially people who care about strangers.. 
G              Dm7      G        Dm7 
who care about evil and social injustice. 
Em     A7   Em             A7 
Do you only care about the bleeding crowds? 
Em   A7     D                       C 
How about a needed friend..I need a friend. 

 
C              A                C                 A 
How can people be so heartless..you know I'm hung up on you. 
D          Em     A    D      Bm  D D7 
Easy to be proud..easy to say no. 

 
G          Dm7        G          Dm7 
Especially people who care about strangers.. 
G              Dm7      G        Dm7 
who care about evil and social injustice. 
Em     A7   Em             A7 
Do you only care about the bleeding crowds? 
Em   A7     D                       C 
How about a needed friend..I need a friend. 

 
C              A                C              A 
How can people be so heartless..how can people be  

so cruel? 
D          Em     A           D 
Easy to be proud..easy to say no. 

OUTRO: 
Em  A        D     Em  A         D 
Ea..sy to be cold..ea..sy to say no. 
Em  A          D   Em  A         D 
Ea..sy to give in..ea..sy to say no. 
Em  A        D     Em  A         D 
Ea..sy to be cold..ea..sy to say no. 
Em       A           Bm 
Much too easy to say no..(Fade.)  
    	

Chord diagrams

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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