Hard, Ain't It Hard (chrom)

by Appalachian folk song · posted by WaltP

How hard is it?

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

HARD, AIN’T IT HARD chrom
Appalachian folk song
Key: D

 -3   -4-3-2* -1 -1  2   -2*  3
There is a house in this old town
  -3    -3   -3  -4   -3   -3 -2*  2
That’s where my true love lays a-round
 -3   -4  -4 -3 -2*  -1   2-2* 3   3   -4
Takes oth-er wom-en right down on his knee
 -3    -3 -2* 2    3   3   -2*   2   -1
Tells them a tale that he won’t tell me
 -1   -2* -2*  2    -1    2   -2* 3
It’s hard and it’s hard ain’t it hard
3   -3  -3   -3  -4  -3 -3   -2*  2
To love one that nev-er did love you
 -2* -2*  2    -1     2   -2* 3      3   -4
Hard and it’s hard, ain’t it hard, great God
-4  -3  -3   -2*  2  3   -2* 2   -1
To love one that nev-er will be true

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound