Chords for Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band - Why Is It So Hard?

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_ [Cm] _ [Bb] Why is [Eb] it so hard _ to make it in [Bb] America?
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I tried [Bb] _ so hard _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] to make it in [Eb] America.
A _
_ _ [Bb] [Eb] land of milk and honey, _
[Cm] a land [Bb] supposed [Eb] to be filled with love.
_ [Cm] It takes [Bb] love [Cm] and understanding to _ live [Eb] and let live. _ _ _
[Bb] I was [Eb] born in Gainesville, Florida.
[Cm] I _
[Bb] traveled [Eb] far and wide.
[Cm] Then I moved [Bb] to [Cm] Brooklyn, New York.
_ Had a hard time, [Bb] _ [Eb] but sometimes I hold on.
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[Bb] [Eb] Why is it so hard [Cm] _ to [Bb] make it in America?
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] I tried _
[Bb] _ [Cm] so hard _ _ to make it in [Bb] America.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] Seemed like [Eb] nothing was going right.
_ So I [Cm] said to myself, [Bb] _ [Eb] you gotta move away from here.
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[Bb] I went upstate New [Eb] York, a little town they call [Cm] Poughkeepsie. _
[Bb] Got me [Eb] a job to get away from all that [Cm] stress. _
[Bb] But [Eb] I couldn't get away.
[Cm] _
[Bb] No matter [Eb] how quick, _ seemed like no [Bb] change.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ Everything [Bb] still [Eb] remained the same.
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[Bb] Why is it [Eb] so hard _ _ [Cm] to make it in [Bb] America?
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ I [Bb] tried [Cm] so hard to make it in [Bb] America.
[Eb] Why _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] is _ [Eb] _ it _ [Cm] _ _
[Bbm] _ [Cm] so hard to make _ _ it [Bb] _ [Eb] in America?
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