Hard Row To Hoe Chords by Brother Dege

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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ Ten long years, ten more to go.
One right in jail, gone am I [Am] go, son.
Save your prayers, cry no [D] more.
Ain't gonna yell now.
Could be the way [A] it was, could be the way it [D] was.
Could be the way that [Am] I was [Dm] told. _
Could [Am] be a hard world to hold. _ _
_ _ _ You hidden there without a [D] hope.
[Am] But all you found's a home on a road.
[D] _ [Am] Beyond the pale, _ driven [D] dust.
[Am] It ain't no wonder.
Could be the way it was, could be the way it was.
Could be the way that [Dm] I was told. _
Could be a hard [Am] world to hold. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] [Am] It's hard to tell which way it [D] goes.
[Am] You're living [D] well on the way [E] down the road, [D] sir.
[A] Taking hell, giving blood [D] [Am] to all that bonds them.
Could be the way it was, could be the way it was.
Could be the way that I was told.
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Could be a hard world [Am] to hold.
Could _ _ be a hard world to hold. _ _ _
_ Hard world [D] to hold.
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_ _ _ [D] [Am] It's such a hard world to hold. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Such a hard world [D] to hold.
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Way it ends, _ _ we never know _ _ _ how and when.
[D] Way _ down the [A]
road, son.
_ What kind of man _ we become. _ _
_ I'm trying to tell you.
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Don't let them break me, Lord.
Don't let them break me, Lord.
Could be the way that [F] I was [Dm] told. _ _
_ _ _ Could be a hard _ _ [Am] world to hold.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hard world to hold.
_ _ _ Hard world to hold.
_ Could be a hard world to hold.
_ _ Such a hard world to hold.
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