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SONG: Long Hard Life
ARTIST: Blue Rodeo
WRITTEN BY: Jim Cuddy/Greg Keelor
ALBUM: 1000 Arms
TRANSCRIBED BY: Nick Dynna for Stratomasters Blue Rodeo Guitar Tab Archive
www.stratomaster.ca

Capo 3

G     A	          D
Never mind what’s wrong
    G	         A	       D
You did what you did now the damage is done
       G	      A	            Bm
You’re living in your head so the days seem long
C	               A
Get no peace until the sun goes down


G     A              D 
Maybe you could run away 
G	    A  		   D
Find a new city, start a brand new day
G	A	     Bm
No more rumours, no debts to pay 
C	                          A 
What’s the use in staying here anyway


D  A	     Bm	        F#m
I know it’s a long hard life
G	                      Bm	          A
Trying to make your way back, trying to make your way back home
D	    A	           Bm       F#m
I hope some day you can rest your head
  G	                  Bm	           A	      G	A   Bm  G  A  D
‘Cuz I don’t like to see you, I don’t like to see you down


G	 A	     D
I wonder what you’ll say
G	          A	            D
When you meet the ones that you pushed out of the way
G	     A	        Bm
Some things fade, but some wounds stay
C	                     A
It gets a little closer to you every day


D  A	      Bm	F#m
I know it’s a long hard life
G	                      Bm	         A
Trying to make your way back, trying to make your way back home
D	    A	          Bm	    F#m
I hope some day you can rest your head
    G	                 Bm	           A	      G	A   Bm  G  A  D
‘Cuz I don’t like to see you, I don’t like to see you down


Em		     A	                F#m 
Why can’t you ever let this thing just die 
Bm    A
Woah, woah, woah
Em                A                  F#m 
If you could only hold your tongue awhile 
Bm    A        G     Bm  A
Woah, woah, woah


G	A	   D
I wonder how this ends
G	         A 
You lying on the floor
          D
With your head in your hands
G	  A	      Bm
Everybody gone but a few close friends
C	                        A
Think you’ll have the nerve to still pretend


D  A	       Bm  	 F#m
I know it’s a long hard life
G	                      Bm	          A
Trying to make your way back, trying to make your way back home
D	    A	        Bm	    F#m
I hope some day you can rest your head
    G	                  Bm	           A	      G	 A   Bm  G  A  D
‘Cuz I don’t like to see you, I don’t like to see you down