Hard Times Are Over Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays556

Hard Times Are Over by Yoko Ono is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, G#m, E, D#m, C#m, A, F#, D# and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			B              G#m 
It's been very hard 
          B             G#m 
But it's getting easier now 
E              D#m      
Hard times are over,  
C#m        B 
over for awhile 

B                      G#m 
The leaves are shining in the sun 
          E        B 
And I'm smiling inside 
E          D#m            
You and I watching each other  
A            B 
on a street corner 

E 
Cars and buses  
     D#m 
and planes and people  
   C#m    D#m 
go by but we don't care 
    C#m 
We want to know 
            B 
We want to know  
    F#           D# 
in each other's eyes 
     C#m             E 
That hard times are over,  
D              B 
over for some time  

B              G#m 
Hard times are over 
B              G#m 
Hard times are over 
E              B 
Hard times are over,  
E         B 
over for awhile 

C#m   E   F#  

B              G#m 
It's been very rough 
          B             G#m 
But it's getting easier now 
E              D#m      
Hard times are over,  
C#m        B 
over for awhile 

B                        G#m 
The streams are twinkling in the sun 
          E        B 
And I'm smiling inside 
E          D#m            
You and I walking together  
A                  B 
'round the street corner  

B              G#m 
Hard times are over 
B              G#m 
Hard times are over 
E              B 
Hard times are over,  
E         B 
over for awhile 

C#m   E   F#  

B              G#m 
Hard times are over 
B              G#m 
Hard times are over 
E              B 
Hard times are over,  
E         B 
over for awhile 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante