Chords for It's a Hard Life wherever you go - Nanci Griffith at Celtic Connections

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[G] I am a backseat [Am] _
driver from [C] _ America. _
_ [G] They drive to [C] the [F] left on [C] _ false road.
And [G] the man at the [F]
wheel's name [C] is Seamus. _ _
We pass a [G] child [Dm] on the [C] corner, he knows. _ _ _
_ _ [G] And Seamus says, now what chance has [C] that kid got?
[G] And I say, he's brought [F] back by [C] doing all. _
_ [G] He says, this bar, what [F] all these [C] _ exits.
_ There [G] was no place [F] in Memphis [C] where that child had gone.
Cause it's [F] a hard life, [C] it's a hard life, [F] it's a very hard [C] life.
It's a [G] hard [F] life wherever you [C] go. _
_ _ [G] If we poison [F] our tears [C] with _ hatred,
_ [G] Then a hard [F] life is all [C] we'll do at all.
_ _ There [G] was no place in [F] Memphis [C] where that _ child could go.
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_ [Am] A [G] cafeteria [F] in my lane in [C] Chicago. _
_ _ [G] A fat man [F] in front [C] of me.
_ He's [G] calling black people [F] trash to [C] his _ children.
_ [G] And he's the [F] only trash here [C] I see. _
_ I'm [G] _ thinking [F] this man wears [C] a white coat
[G] In the night when [F] his children [C] sleep. _
_ And [G] he sleeps till the [F] _ windows are [C] made of steel.
_ And [G] he's thinking [F] white clothes are all they [C] need in this life.
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[C] _ _ [F] It's a very [C]
hard life, [G] it's a hard [F] life wherever you [C] go.
And _ [G] if we poison our [F] tears with [C] _ hatred,
_ _ [G] Then a hard life [F] is all we'll [C] do at all. _
_ There [G] ain't no place in [F] Chicago where [C] a child can go alone [G] now. _ _
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I [C] was _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ a [F] child [C] in the _ 60s. _
_ [G] When dreams could be [F]
held [C] in TV. _ _
We [G] had Disney and [F] _
Cronkite [C] and _ Martin Luther.
I [G] believed, I [F] believed, I [C] believe, I will always believe.
I [G] am a backseat [F] driver from [C] _ America.
_ _ I am [G] not a _
[F] real [C] love before. _
_ _ [G] I've been guilty, [F] I've been warned, I [C] have been rooted in evil.
_ _ [G] _ Finally [F] I'll drive [C] on the left side of the road.
_ It's [F] a _ _
[C] _ _ [F] very _ [C] hard life, [G] it's a hard [F] life wherever you [C] go. _
_ _ [G] And if we poison [F] our tears with [C] _
hatred,
_ Then [G] a hard [Em] life is [F] all we'll do [C] at all.
_ _ [G] There ain't no place [F] on this earth where a [C] child can grow.
_ If [G] we've made it a hard [F] life, wherever they [C] go. _
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Hard [C] _ life. _
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