Long Hard Life Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays462

Long Hard Life by Blue Rodeo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, C, F, Dm, Eb, Am and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
Bb   C   F  
Bb   C   F  
Bb   C   Dm 
Eb   C 


verse 1 
Bb         C      F  
Never mind what's wrong 
Bb               C           F  
You did what you did now the damage is done 
Bb                    C           Dm 
You're living in your head so the days seem long 
Eb                     C 
Get no peace until the sun goes down 

Bb              C   F  
Maybe you could run away 
Bb         C             F  
Find a new city, start a brand new day 
Bb      C          Dm 
No more rumors, no debts to pay 
Eb                             C 
What's the use in staying here anyway 


F  C          Dm        Am 
I know it's a long hard life 
Bb                  Gm 
Trying to make your way back home 
C Bb   C               Dm        Am 
I hope someday you can rest your head 
Bb                       Gm                           Bb   C   Dm 
'Cuz I don't like to see you, I don't like to see you down 


Interlude Bb    C   F 


verse 2 
Bb       C           F 
I wonder what you'll say 
Bb                C             F 
When you meet the ones that you pushed out of the way 
Bb          C              Dm 
Some things fade, but some wounds stay 
Eb                             C 
It gets a little closer to you every day 

 
F  C          Dm        Am 
I know it's a long hard life 
Bb                  Gm 
Trying to make your way back home 
C Bb   C               Dm        Am 
I hope someday you can rest your head 
Bb                       Gm                           Bb   C   Dm 
'Cuz I don't like to see you, I don't like to see you down 


Bridge 
Gm                  C               Am 
Maybe you could let this thing just die 
Dm   C   Gm                  C                Am 
Oh, oh, oh If you could only hold your tongue awhile 


Instrumental 
Bb   C   F  
Bb   C   F  
Bb   C   Dm 
Eb   C 


verse 3 
Bb            C   F  
I wonder how this ends 
Bb               C               F  
You lying on the floor with your head in your hands 
Bb        C          Dm 
Everybody gone but a few close friends 
Eb                             C 
Think you'll have the nerve to still pretend 


F  C          Dm        Am 
I know it's a long hard life 
Bb                  Gm 
Trying to make your way back home 
C Bb   C               Dm        Am 
I hope someday you can rest your head 
Bb                       Gm                           Bb   C   Dm 
'Cuz I don't like to see you, I don't like to see you down 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante