It’s A Hard Life
Words and music by Freddie Mercury
Performed by Queen on the album ‘The Works’
It’s a Hard Life chords transcribed by Shane McDonald
This is a fairly straight-forward song to play if you are comfortable with the key of Bb and the standard chords within that key, namely Bb, Eb, Cm, Gm, F and Ab as the most used chords in this song. I have uploaded a video which might help and that is at the bottom of this page.
It’s a Hard Life Chords
Intro : The song 'It's A Hard Life' starts straight away, but if you play a Cm7 you should be able to get the starting note. Cm7
I don't want my freedom
Eb D7
There's no reason for living
Bb Ab/Bb
With a broken heart
Verses: Bb F Gm
This is a tricky situation
Eb Bb/D Cm
I've only got myself to blame
Bb
It's just a simple fact of life,
Ab/Bb
it can happen to anyone.
Eb Bb/D Cm Gm
You win, you lose, it's a chance you have to take with love.
Eb Bb/D Cm Gm
Oh yeah, I fell in love and now you say it's over,
Ab F
and I'm falling apart
Bb Dm7 Eb Bb
It's a Hard Life to be true lovers together
Eb Bb F Gm Ab F/A
To love and live forever in each other's hearts
Bb Dm Eb Bb
It's a long hard fight to learn to care for each other
Eb Bb F
To trust in one another right from the start
Eb Db/Eb
When you're in love
Bb F Gm
I try and mend the broken pieces
Eb Bb/D Cm
I try to fight back the tears
Bb
They say it's just a state of mind
Ab/Bb
But it happens to everyone
Eb Bb/D Cm Gm
How it hurts, deep inside, When your love has cut you down in size
Eb Bb/D Cm Gm Ab
This life is tough, on your own, Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies
F
I'm waiting for love
Bb Dm7 Eb Bb
It's a hard life to be true lovers together
Eb Bb F Gm Ab F/A
To love and live forever in each other's hearts
Bb Dm Eb Bb
It's a long hard fight to learn to care for each other
Eb Bb F
To trust in one another right from the start
Eb Db/Eb
When you're in love
Solos:| Ab | G | Cm Cm7/B | Ab Cm/G | | Eb Bb/D | Cm | Ab Eb/G | Fm7 | | Bb11 Bb7 | | Ab Eb/G | Fm7 Cm | | Ab Eb/G | Fm Cm | Bb | F |
Bb Dm7 Eb Bb
It's a hard life in a world that's filled with sorrow
Eb Bb F Gm Ab F/A
There are people searching for love in every way
Bb Dm Eb Bb
It's a long hard fight, but I'll always live for tomorrow
Eb Bb
I'll look back on myself and say
F
I did it for love
Ebadd9/G
Yes, I did it for love
Ab6 F7/A
For love, Fo______r,
Bb Ab/Bb Bb Ab/Bb Bb Ab/Bb Bb Ab/Bb (end by hitting a high Ab note)
I did it for love.
Some Guitar & Keyboard Chords :
These are some Guitar Chords used in the song above with the individual notes for keyboard players. Cm 335543 C Eb G Dm7 557565 D F A C Eb 668886 Eb G Bb F 133211 F A C Gm 355333 G Bb D Ab 466544 Ab C Eb Bb 688766 Bb D F Bb/D 558765 Bb D F (Bass Note is D) Bb11 6x6544 Ab C Eb (Bass Note is Bb) - Not Exact but an acceptable simple replacement
It’s a Hard Life Lyrics
I don’t want my freedom
There’s no reason for living with a broken heart
This is a tricky situation
I’ve only got myself to blame
It’s just a simple fact of life
It can happen to any one
You win, you lose
It’s a chance you have to take with love
Oh yeah, I fell in love
But now you say it’s over and I’m falling apart
Yeah yeah
It’s a hard life
To be true lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It’s a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you’re in love
I try and mend the broken pieces
Oh, I try to fight back the tears
Oh, they say it’s just a state of mind
But it happens to everyone
How it hurts (yeah) deep inside (oh yeah)
When your love has cut you down to size
Life is tough on your own
Now I’m waiting for something to fall from the skies
I’m waiting for love
Yes it’s a hard life
Two lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It’s a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you’re in love
Yes it’s a hard life
In a world that’s filled with sorrow
There are people searching for love in every way
It’s a long hard fight
But I’ll always live for tomorrow
I’ll look back at myself and say I did it for love (oh)
Yes I did it for love
For love
Oh I did it for love
How to Play “It’s a Hard Life” by Queen on Piano
This is my version of the Queen song It’s a Hard Life on piano.
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