THIS HARD LAND Bruce Springsteen
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(played live in 1996)
guitar tuning: D A D G B E and CAPO ON 3rd FRET!
Harmonica key is in F.
Chords formation: F 000230 NOTE: YOU CAN USE THESE CHORDS
Bb x20030 EVEN TO PLAY NO SURRENDER !!
C x02220
Intro: [F] [Bb] [C] [F] (x2)
Hey there [Bb]mister, can you [C]tell me what happened
to the [F]seeds I've sown
Can you give me a [Bb]reason sir[C] as to why they've [F]never grown
They've just [Bb]blown around [F]from town to town
Till they're [C]back out on these [F]fields
[Bb] Where they fall [F]from my hand
[C]Back into the dirt of [F]this hard land
Now me and my [Bb]sister[C] from Germantown [F]We did ride
We made our[Bb] bed sir[C] from the rock on the [F]mountainside
We been[Bb] blowin' around [F]from town to town
[C]Lookin' for a place to [F]stand
Where the sun burst [Bb]through the cloud to [F]fall like a circle
Like a [C]circle of fire down on [F]this hard land
Now even the [Bb]rain it don't come [C]'round
It don't come [F]'round here no more
And the only [Bb]sound at night's the [C]wind
Slammin' the [F]back porch door
It just[Bb] stirs you up like it wants to[F] blow you down
[C]Twistin' and churnin' up the [F]sand
[Bb]Leavin' all them scarecrows [F]lyin' face down
[C]Face down in the dirt of [F]this hard land
[F] [Bb] [C] [F] (x2)
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] (x2)
From a building [Bb]up on the hill
I can [C]hear a tape deck blastin' [F]"Home on the Range"
I can see them [Bb]Bar-M choppers
[C] Sweepin' low a[F]cross the plains
It's [Bb]me and you Frank we're [F]lookin' for lost cattle
Our [C]hooves twistin' and churnin' up the [F]sand
We're [Bb]ridin' in the whirlwind [F]searchin' for lost treasure
[C]Way down south of the [F]Rio Grande
We're [Bb]ridin' 'cross that river
In the [F]moonlight
[C]Up onto the banks of [F]this hard land
Hey Frank won't ya[Bb] pack your bags
And [C]meet me tonight down at [F]Liberty Hall
Just one [Bb]kiss from you my brother
[C] And we'll ride un[F]til we fall
We'll [Bb]sleep in the fields
We'll [F]sleep by the rivers and in the [C]morning
We'll make a [F]plan
Well if you can't [Bb]make it
STAY HARD, STAY [F]HUNGRY, STAY ALIVE
If you [C]can
And meet me in a dream of [F]this hard land
[F] [Bb] [C] [F] (x2)
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] (x2)
Lorenzo Castelli
(lc409862@silab.dsi.unimi.it)