Hard to Be the Bard Chords by Christian Borle

_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ My days [Bb] are so busy, it's making [G] me dizzy, there's so much I've gotta do
There's [C] lunches and meetings and poetry readings and endless interviews
Gotta pose for a portrait [G] and how it's a closet and there for eternity
_ Then it's off to the inn where my innkeeper friend wants to name a drink after me
[C] Then it's back to my [Bb] room where I resume [C] my attempt to [Gm] write a hit
[G] It's me and my [F] fear and the terrible [G] fear that I might be losing
And it's hard, it's hard, it's hard, it's really, really [D] hard
So [B] very, [Em] very hard
I make it look easy but [G] honey, believe me, it's hard
It's hard, it's hard, it's hard, it's so [D] incredibly hard
[B] So [Em] inconceivably, unbelievably [C] hard
_ _ _ It's hard to be the bard
[G] _ Honestly, I don't know how I do it
There's [F] only so [G] much of me to go around
I got so many friends with so many demands
I can hardly go take a piss
Be a theatre freak or the autograph seeker
They all wanna piece of this
It's a cross that I bear, I'm like Jesus
I swear it's a burden but I suffer through it
It's all part of the game, the trappings of fame
But somebody's gotta do it
[C] And I know, I know, I gotta go and get back to my [E] pen and ink
[G] But don't make me [F] do it, don't make me go [G] through it
Can somebody get me a drink?
Cause it's hard, it's hard, it's hard, it's [A] really, really [D] hard
It's [B] sexy but [Em] it's hard
[C] This bard that I'm raising to be this amazing
It's [G] hard, it's hard, it's hard, it's [A] so [D] annoyingly hard
[B] So unavoidably, [Em]
unenjoyably [C] hard
_ _ _ It's hard to be [G] the bard, [G] baby
I know writing made me famous
But being famous is just so much [B] more fun
You [F] see, what people just don't understand
Is [C] that writing's demanding, it's mentally challenging
And [G] it's a bore, it's such a chore
[C] To sit [G] in a room by yourself, oh my [C] god, I just [F] hate it
And you're trying to find an opening [C] line or a brilliant [G] idea
And you're pacing the floor and hoping [C] for
Just [G] a bit of divine [C] intervention
[F] That one little nugget, [E] that one little spark
[Am] Then eureka, you find [D] it, you're ready to start
[Am] So now you can [G] write, right?
Wrong, you're not even [Ab] close, you remember the [Am] dammit
Your place gotta [D] be in iambic pentameter
[Am] So you write down [E] a word but it's not the [Am] right word
So you try a [E] new word but you hate the [Am] new word
And you need a [E] good word but you can't find [Am] the word
Where is [E] it, what is it, what is it, where is it?
[G] _ _ _ _ Sir?
_ [C] Hello!
You asked for [C] information on what Nicholas Bottom is writing
Our spy is here with the news
Did he see me losing it?
He's half blind, sir
Oh good, then he only saw half of it
You see what I did?
Yes, yes, yes, wonderful
Speak, man, what news?
I saw Nick Bottom, I did
[G] He paid a soothsayer to foresee what Shakespeare's greatest play would be.
That sneaky [C] little thief!
[G] Why doesn't he come up with his own ideas?
It's hard.
No, it is!
Isn't it?
It's really the worst.
It's hard.
Makes me wonder why I didn't think of that first. It's hard.
Hard to alleviate the pressure to [D] create.
[G] It's hard.
Hard to do something as good as [D] the last thing I did that [G] was already great.
It's hard.
So hard that he is stealing from [D] the bar.
Well, I'll hoist him by [Em] his baton.
[C] All that I need [G] is a clever [A] disguise.
I'll make him [C] pay for his genius [Em] lies.
Make him [G] do all the tedious [D] stuff.
The work that's [Em] terribly and unmerrily [C] hard.
_ All right, Nick Bottom.
I think Shakespeare needs to find out what [Dm] Shakespeare's next big hit will be.
[G] It's hard. It's hard.
It's totally hard.
It's hard. It's hard.
It's totally hard.
It's hard.
It's [C] totally hard. _
[Em] It's hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard.
It's totally hard. _