Hard Sun — Eddie Vedder
Chords and lyrics for Hard Sun by Eddie Vedder (key of G).
Verse 1
G5/D xx0033
D5 xx0235
Intro
[G5/D]
[D5] [G5/D]
Verse 1
[D] When I walk beside her I [C]am the better man
[G] When I look to leave her I always [D] stagger back again
[D] Once I built an ivory tower so I could [C] worship from above
When I[G] climbed down to be set free [D] she took me in again
Chorus
There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
Verse 2
[D] When she comes to greet me she is [C] mercy at my feet
[G] When I see her bitter charm she just [D] throws it back at me
[D] Once I dug an early grave to [C]find a better land
[G] She just smiled and laughed at me and took her [D]blues back again
Chorus
There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
Oh, there's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world[G5/D]
Interlude
[D5] [G5/D]
Verse 3
[D] When I go to cross that river she is [C] comfort by my side
[G] When I try to understand she just [D] opens up her hands[G5/D]
Instrumental
[D] [G5/D] [C] [G] [D] [G5/D]
[D] [G5/D] [C] [G] [D]
Chorus
[G5/D]There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world[G5/D]
Interlude
[D5] [G5/D]
Verse 4
[D] Once I stood to lose her when I [C] saw what I had done
[G] Bound down and threw away the hours of her [D] garden and her sun
[D] So I tried to warn her, I [C]turned to see her weep
[G] 40 days and 40 nights and it's [D]still coming down on me
Chorus
There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
Oh, there's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
Oh, there's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
Oh, there's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
Oh, there's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
There's a [D]big, a big [Am]hard sun
Beatin' on the big [G]people in the big hard [D]world
(fade out)
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