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The Hard Stuff Chords

by Justin Timberlake
KeyDbm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

The Hard Stuff by Justin Timberlake is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dbm. It uses the chords Dbm, B, E, A and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Dbm
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16
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Intro 

N.C. 
So give me the hard stuff (hard stuff) 

e|------0-----0---------------0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
   Oohh,                            yeah 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 


verse 1 

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B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
        Anybody can be  in  love  on a  sunny day 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
         Anybody can turn and run when it starts to rain 

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B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
       And everybody wishes all the skies were blue 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
    But that ain't the kind of love I'm lookin' to have with you 


Chorus 1 

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G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
So give me the hard stuff, the kind that makes you real 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
I'll be there when the storm comes, 'cause I want the hard stuff 

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B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
When they're throwin' sticks and stones, we can cut each other to the bone 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
I'm never gonna give you up, 'cause I want the hard stuff (hard stuff) 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
                        Yeah I want the hard stuff (hard stuff, yeah) 

verse 2 
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G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
     My god knows I'm not the man that I want to be 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
    And we all know there's things in this life we refuse to see 

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D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
      So just know my fire for you will always burn 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
And please forgive the things in this life that I have to learn 


Chorus 2 

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G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
So give me the hard stuff, the kind that makes you real 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
I wanna be there when the storm comes, 'cause I want the hard stuff 

e|------0-----0---------------0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
When they're throwin' sticks and stones, we can cut each other to the bone 

e|------------0---------0-----0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
I'm never gonna give you up, 'cause I want the hard stuff (hard stuff) 


Bridge 
       Dbm                                 B 
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----5-----------------------------|-----4-----------------------------| 
G|-----6-----------------------------|-----4-----------------------------| 
D|-----6-----------------------------|-----4-----------------------------| 
A|-----4-----------------------------|-----2-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
   No, you won't have to wonder,       no, you won't have to ponder 
            E             A                F#m 
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
B|----------0-------------2----------|-----2-----------------------------| 
G|----------1-------------2----------|-----2-----------------------------| 
D|----------2-------------2----------|-----4-----------------------------| 
A|----------2-------------0----------|-----4-----------------------------| 
E|----------0------------------------|-----2-----------------------------| 
   If we're ever goin' under,    no, we're never goin' under 
             B 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------4-----------------------| 
G|-----------4-----------------------| 
D|-----------4-----------------------| 
A|-----------2-----------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 
   No, we're never goin' under 


Chorus 3 
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B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
'Cause I want the hard stuff, the kind that makes you real 

e|------------0---------0-----0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
I wanna be there when the storm comes, 'cause I want the hard stuff 

e|------0-----0---------------0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
When they're throwin' sticks and stones, we can cut each other to the bone 

e|------------0---------0-----0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
I'm never gonna give you up, 'cause I want the hard stuff (hard stuff) 

e|------------0---------0-----0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
    Oh,                  yeah I want the hard stuff (I want the hard stuff) 


Outro 
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G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
Yeah I want the hard stuff (give me the hard stuff) 

e|------------0---------0-----0------|------0-----0---------------0------| 
B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
 Give me the hard stuff 

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B|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--|--4-----6-----4-----4-----4-----4--| 
D|------------------2-----2----------|------------------7-----7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
Yeah I want the     mmm-mmm,                    I want the hard stuff 

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B|------0---0-----0---0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----| 
G|----4---4-----8---9-----6-----4----|--4-----6-----4-----1-----1-----1--| 
D|--6--------------------------------|------------------2-----2----------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
                                               So give me the hard stuff

Chord diagrams

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