So Hard Done By Chords

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So Hard Done By by The Tragically Hip is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, F, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro 
D   F   G 
D D F F G 
D   F   G 
D D F F G 

Verse 
D                 D 
Interesting and sophisticated 
  D            D 
Refusing to be celebrated 
       C          G 
It's a monumental big screen kiss 
D                 D            D 
It's so deep it's meaningless 
D                            D 
  One day you'll just up and quit 
               D 
And that'll be it 
              C                     G 
Just then the stripper stopped in a coughing fit 
           D                D             C        G 
She said, "Sorry I can't go on with this." 

Chorus 
                  D 
Yeah that's awful close 
               D     C 
But that's not why 
    G 
I'm so hard done by 

Instrumental 
D   F   G 
D D F F G 
D   F   G 
D D F F G 

Verse 
D               D 
It was true cinema-à-clef 
           D                     D 
You should see it before there's nothing left 
      C              G 
In an epic too small to be tragic 
               D 
You'll have to wait a minute 
               D          C     G 
'Cause it's an Instamatic 


                  D 
Yeah that's awful close 
               D     C 
But that's not why 
    G 
I'm so hard done by 

Instrumental 
D   F   G 
D D F F G 

Verse 
D                    D               D 
Just then the room became more dimly lit 
       D             C          G 
As the emcee carried on with it 
    D                  D                D 
And now that I got you all strangely compelled 
     D                 C             G 
I'm afraid Candy's not feeling well 

Chorus 
D                     D     C 
Close, but that's not why 
    G 
I'm so hard done by 

Outro 
D   F   G 
D D F F G 
D   F   G 
D D F F G 
D 
    	

Chord diagrams

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