Chords for Mac Davis - It's Hard To Be Humble (1980)
Tempo:
82.125 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
F#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [F#] [G#] Back a few months ago.
I was [D] headlining
great big nightclub
And [F#m] he put me up a couple of days earlier
I [D] came in a couple days earlier and they put me up at what they call the star suite
Now here I am
[B] Headliner and one of the biggest [A#] nightclubs in the country and I wake up at 8 o'clock in the morning in [A] this star suite
[D]
all by myself
Yeah, that's [F#] what I said [D] all
But I did what I've always done and cheer myself up I picked up my guitar sit down and wrote me a little song
Now this is how it feels to be alone at the top of the hill trying to figure out why
Oh [A] Lord, it's hard [D] to be from
When you're perfect in [A] every way I
Can't wait to look in
Mirror cause I get better looking [D] each day to know is
I must be a hell [G] of a man.
Oh
Lord, it's hard [D] to be humble
[A] But I'm doing the best [D] that I can I
Have a girlfriend
But I guess she just couldn't [A] compete
with all the
love-starved women
Who keep clamoring at [D] my feet?
Well, I probably could find me another
But I guess they're all in all [G] of me
Who cares?
I never [D] get lonesome
Cause [A] I treasure my own [D] company
[A] [D]
It's hard to be humble
In [A] every way ain't wait to look in the mirror ain't wait to look
Help me out.
Come on.
I get better looking
[D] To know me is to what?
Is to love me must be a hell of a man I must be
[G] Man, oh lord, it's hard
It's hard [D] to be humble.
What you're [A] doing.
What we're doing the best that [D] we [D] can I
[D#] [D] Guess you could say I am Cowboy outlaw Nothing [A] brown
Well, I could have lots of friends if I want her
But then I wouldn't stand [D] out from the crowd
Some folks say that I'm egotistical
Hell, I don't [Bm] even know [G] what that means.
I
Guess it has [D] something to do with the way [A] that I feel out my skin [D] tight blue jeans
[Am]
[D] With all the cameras in here
[Bm]
[D] It's hard to be humble when you're perfect never wake
[A] Can't wait to look in the mirror
But I get better looking I get better [D] looking each day but no means to what to know
Is to love me must be a hell of a man
Must [Am] be a [G] hell of a man.
Oh lord.
It's hard.
It's hard
[D] What are we doing?
[A] We're doing the best
[D] One more time.
What are we doing?
[A] We're doing
[D] [N]
I was [D] headlining
great big nightclub
And [F#m] he put me up a couple of days earlier
I [D] came in a couple days earlier and they put me up at what they call the star suite
Now here I am
[B] Headliner and one of the biggest [A#] nightclubs in the country and I wake up at 8 o'clock in the morning in [A] this star suite
[D]
all by myself
Yeah, that's [F#] what I said [D] all
But I did what I've always done and cheer myself up I picked up my guitar sit down and wrote me a little song
Now this is how it feels to be alone at the top of the hill trying to figure out why
Oh [A] Lord, it's hard [D] to be from
When you're perfect in [A] every way I
Can't wait to look in
Mirror cause I get better looking [D] each day to know is
I must be a hell [G] of a man.
Oh
Lord, it's hard [D] to be humble
[A] But I'm doing the best [D] that I can I
Have a girlfriend
But I guess she just couldn't [A] compete
with all the
love-starved women
Who keep clamoring at [D] my feet?
Well, I probably could find me another
But I guess they're all in all [G] of me
Who cares?
I never [D] get lonesome
Cause [A] I treasure my own [D] company
[A] [D]
It's hard to be humble
In [A] every way ain't wait to look in the mirror ain't wait to look
Help me out.
Come on.
I get better looking
[D] To know me is to what?
Is to love me must be a hell of a man I must be
[G] Man, oh lord, it's hard
It's hard [D] to be humble.
What you're [A] doing.
What we're doing the best that [D] we [D] can I
[D#] [D] Guess you could say I am Cowboy outlaw Nothing [A] brown
Well, I could have lots of friends if I want her
But then I wouldn't stand [D] out from the crowd
Some folks say that I'm egotistical
Hell, I don't [Bm] even know [G] what that means.
I
Guess it has [D] something to do with the way [A] that I feel out my skin [D] tight blue jeans
[Am]
[D] With all the cameras in here
[Bm]
[D] It's hard to be humble when you're perfect never wake
[A] Can't wait to look in the mirror
But I get better looking I get better [D] looking each day but no means to what to know
Is to love me must be a hell of a man
Must [Am] be a [G] hell of a man.
Oh lord.
It's hard.
It's hard
[D] What are we doing?
[A] We're doing the best
[D] One more time.
What are we doing?
[A] We're doing
[D] [N]
Key:
D
A
G
F#
Bm
D
A
G
[D] _ _ _ [F#] [G#] Back a few months ago.
I was [D] headlining
great big nightclub
And [F#m] he put me up a couple of days earlier
I [D] came in a couple days earlier and they put me up at what they call the star suite
_ Now here I am
[B] Headliner and one of the biggest [A#] nightclubs in the country and I wake up at 8 o'clock in the morning in [A] this star suite
[D] _
all by myself
Yeah, that's [F#] what I said [D] all
But I did what I've always done and cheer myself up I picked up my guitar sit down and wrote me a little song
Now this is how it feels to be alone at the top of the hill trying to figure out why
Oh [A] Lord, it's hard [D] to be from
When you're perfect in [A] every way I
Can't wait to look in
Mirror cause I get better looking [D] each day to know is
I _ must be a hell [G] of a man.
Oh
Lord, it's hard [D] to be humble
[A] But I'm doing the best [D] that I can I _ _
_ _ _ _ Have a girlfriend
But I guess she just couldn't [A] compete
_ with all the
love-starved women
Who keep clamoring at [D] my feet?
Well, I probably could find me another
But I guess they're all in all [G] of me
Who cares?
I never [D] get lonesome
Cause [A] I treasure my own [D] company
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
It's hard to be humble _
In [A] every way ain't wait to look in the mirror ain't wait to look
Help me out.
Come on.
I get better looking
_ [D] To know me is to what?
_ Is to love me must be a hell of a man I must be
[G] Man, oh lord, it's hard
It's hard [D] to be humble.
What you're [A] doing.
What we're doing the best that [D] we [D] can I _
[D#] _ [D] _ _ _ Guess you could say I am _ Cowboy outlaw Nothing [A] brown
Well, I could have lots of friends if I want her
But then I wouldn't stand [D] out from the crowd
Some folks say that I'm egotistical
Hell, I don't [Bm] even know [G] what that means.
I
Guess it has [D] something to do with the way [A] that I feel out my skin [D] tight blue jeans
[Am] _ _ _
[D] With all the cameras in here
_ [Bm]
[D] It's hard to be humble when you're perfect never wake _
_ _ [A] Can't wait to look in the mirror _
_ _ But I get better looking I get better [D] looking each day but no means to what to know
Is to love me must be a hell of a man
Must [Am] be a [G] hell of a man.
Oh lord.
It's hard.
It's hard
[D] What are we doing?
[A] We're doing the best
[D] One more time.
What are we doing?
[A] We're doing
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
I was [D] headlining
great big nightclub
And [F#m] he put me up a couple of days earlier
I [D] came in a couple days earlier and they put me up at what they call the star suite
_ Now here I am
[B] Headliner and one of the biggest [A#] nightclubs in the country and I wake up at 8 o'clock in the morning in [A] this star suite
[D] _
all by myself
Yeah, that's [F#] what I said [D] all
But I did what I've always done and cheer myself up I picked up my guitar sit down and wrote me a little song
Now this is how it feels to be alone at the top of the hill trying to figure out why
Oh [A] Lord, it's hard [D] to be from
When you're perfect in [A] every way I
Can't wait to look in
Mirror cause I get better looking [D] each day to know is
I _ must be a hell [G] of a man.
Oh
Lord, it's hard [D] to be humble
[A] But I'm doing the best [D] that I can I _ _
_ _ _ _ Have a girlfriend
But I guess she just couldn't [A] compete
_ with all the
love-starved women
Who keep clamoring at [D] my feet?
Well, I probably could find me another
But I guess they're all in all [G] of me
Who cares?
I never [D] get lonesome
Cause [A] I treasure my own [D] company
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
It's hard to be humble _
In [A] every way ain't wait to look in the mirror ain't wait to look
Help me out.
Come on.
I get better looking
_ [D] To know me is to what?
_ Is to love me must be a hell of a man I must be
[G] Man, oh lord, it's hard
It's hard [D] to be humble.
What you're [A] doing.
What we're doing the best that [D] we [D] can I _
[D#] _ [D] _ _ _ Guess you could say I am _ Cowboy outlaw Nothing [A] brown
Well, I could have lots of friends if I want her
But then I wouldn't stand [D] out from the crowd
Some folks say that I'm egotistical
Hell, I don't [Bm] even know [G] what that means.
I
Guess it has [D] something to do with the way [A] that I feel out my skin [D] tight blue jeans
[Am] _ _ _
[D] With all the cameras in here
_ [Bm]
[D] It's hard to be humble when you're perfect never wake _
_ _ [A] Can't wait to look in the mirror _
_ _ But I get better looking I get better [D] looking each day but no means to what to know
Is to love me must be a hell of a man
Must [Am] be a [G] hell of a man.
Oh lord.
It's hard.
It's hard
[D] What are we doing?
[A] We're doing the best
[D] One more time.
What are we doing?
[A] We're doing
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _