Chords for Nanci Griffith on Austin City Limits "It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go"

_ _ _ Join in, help me out.
It goes out to all our little folks.
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
I am a [G] backseat [Am] driver from [C] America
They [G] drive [Am] to the left on [C] false roads
And the man at the wheels' name is Seamus
[G] We pass a child on [Am] the corner, he [C] knows
_ And Seamus [G] says, now what chance is [C] that kid got?
[G] I say, from [F] the back, I [C] don't know
His [G] sister's barbed [C] wire at all of these exits
_ [G] And there ain't no place in Belfast for [C] that child to go
Cause [F] it's a hard [C] life, [F] it's a very hard life
[G] It's a hard [F] life wherever you [C] go
_ [G] And if we poison [C] our [Dm] children with [C]
hatred
[G] Then a hard life is all that [C] they'll know
_ [G] And there ain't no [F] place in Belfast for that [C] child to go
[G] The _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] cafeteria [F] line in [C] Chicago
The fat [F] man in front of [C] me
_ [G] Is calling black [F] people trash to [C] his children
[G] And he's [F] the only trash [C] here I see
_ [G] And I'm thinking [F] this man [C] wears a white hood
In the night his children should sleep
_ [G] But they'll slip to [E] their window and they'll [C] see him
[G] And they'll think [F] that white hood's [C] all they need
Let me hear you now
[G] Cause it's a hard [C] life, [F] it's a very hard [G] life
It's a hard life [F] wherever you go
[C] _
_ [G] And if we poison our [F] children with [C]
hatred
Then a hard life [F] is all that they'll [C] know
_ [G] And there ain't no place in Chicago [C] for those kids to go
[G] It's _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] a [C] hard life
_ [G] I was [Dm] a child in [C] the 60s
[G] When [F] dreams could be held through [C] TV _
We [A] had Disney and [F] Frank and [C] Martin Luther
And I believe, I [F] believe, I believe
[C] _ _
[G] Now I am the backseat [F] driver from [C] America
_ [G] I am not out of [F] control of the [C] wheel
I [G] am guilty, I am [F] war and I have [C] been the root of all evil
Lord, and I [G] can't drive on the left [F] side of the [C] road _ _
[F] Cause it's a hard life, it's a _ very hard [D] life
[G] It's a hard life [C] wherever you go
And [G] if we poison our [F] children with [C] hatred
Then a [G] hard life is [F] all that [C] they'll know _
[G] And there'll be no place in this [F] world for our kids to [C] go
Cause we've made it a [G] hard [F] life wherever they [C] go _ _
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I love [C] you
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