Hard Sun Uke tab by Eddie Vedder

4 Chords used in the song: D, C, G, Am

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Artist: 
Year:  2007
Difficulty: 
2.5
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
Intro : [D chordD] x4


1st verse :
D chordD C chordC
When I walk beside her I am the better man
G chordG D chordD
When I look to leave her I always stagger back again
D chordD C chordC
Once I built an Ivory tower so I could worship from above
G chordG D chordD
When I climb down to be set free she took me in again


Chorus :
D chordD Am chordAm
There's a big, a big hard sun
G chordG D chordD
Beaten on the big people in the big hard world


2nd Verse :
D chordD C chordC
When she comes to greet me she is mercy at my feet
G chordG D chordD
When I see her pin her charm she just throws it back at me
D chordD C chordC
Once I dug an early grave to find a better land
G chordG D chordD
She just smile and laughed at me and took her bruise back again


Chorus :
D chordD Am chordAm
There's a big, a big hard sun
G chordG D chordD
Beaten on the big people in the big hard world
D chordD Am chordAm
There's a big, a big hard sun
G chordG D chordD
Beaten on the big people in the big hard world


[D chordD] x2

3rd Verse :
D chordD C chordC
When I go to cross that river she is comfort by my side
G chordG D chordD
When I try to understand she just opens up her hands


Bridge :
[D chordD][C chordC][G chordG][D chordD]
[D chordD][Am chordAm][G chordG][D chordD]


Chorus :
D chordD Am chordAm
There's a big, a big hard sun
G chordG D chordD
Beaten on the big people in the big hard world


[D chordD] x2

4th Verse :
D chordD C chordC
Once I stood to lose her when I saw what I had done
G chordG D chordD
Bound down and flew away the hours of her garden and her sun
D chordD C chordC
So I tried to warn her I turned to see her weep
G chordG D chordD
40 days and 40 nights and it's still coming down on me


Chorus :
D chordD Am chordAm
There's a big, a big hard sun
G chordG D chordD
Beaten on the big people in the big hard world
D chordD Am chordAm
There's a big, a big hard sun
G chordG D chordD
Beaten on the big people in the big hard world

(Fade out)

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About this song: Hard Sun

Vedder's cover of the song "Hard Sun" (originally written by Gordon Peterson who performed under the name of Indio on the 1989 album, Big Harvest) features backing vocals by Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney.

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