A Hard One To Know Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

A Hard One To Know by Benjamin Gibbard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Bm, E, D, F#m and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  A                         
You call a truce and then you start a fight, 
  A 
you change your signals like a traffic light 
                Bm                  A 
cause you're a hard, a hard one to know. 

  A 
Around your heart you've tied a fishing line, 
  A 
You cast it out there just to see who'll bite 
                Bm                   A 
cause you're a hard, a hard one to know. 


  E                          Bm 
I toss and turn but I just can't get to sleep 
  D                               A 
when I start thinkin' 'bout what you do to me. 
  E                          Bm 
You're like a flower garden buried in snow, 
          E           A 
you're a hard one to know. 


  A 
You give your love out like an auctioneer. 
  A 
Your moves are jumpy and your words aren't clear 
                Bm                  A 
cause you're a hard, a hard one to know. 

  A 
First you smother then you disengage  
  A 
Your tears of joy dissolve to tears of rage 
                Bm                  A 
cause you're a hard, a hard one to know. 


  E                          Bm 
I toss and turn but I just can't get to sleep 
  D                               A  
when I start thinkin' 'bout what you do to me. 
  E                          Bm 
You drag your feet as you swing to and fro, 
          E           A 
you're a hard one to know. 
  

F#m D A  

F#m D Bm D Dm A 

  E                           Bm 
I toss and turn but I just can't get to sleep 
  D                               A 
when I start thinking 'bout what you do to me. 
  E                           Bm 
You're like a flower garden buried in snow, 
          E           A 
you're a hard one to know. 

  
 E                            Bm 
And I try to love ya but you won't let me in. 
 D                         A 
You say it's ending before it can begin. 
 E                             Bm 
You tell to stay and then you tell me to go, 
 E 
you're a hard one to know. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante