David Wax Museum - Harder Before It Gets Easier

Harder Before It Gets Easier - David Wax Museum


Cool rhythm. It's in 6/8 time and generally goes something like:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4   5   6

On the album the "baby is born in a mud hut"part is just percussion but can be played with the
intro pattern



Intro:   C D G G D D G G x2

C            D       G       D              G
You've been sobbing so hard you can barely breathe 
C            D       G       D              G
You've been sobbing so hard you can barely breathe 
C            D       G                    D              G
You've been stitching your heart on the outside of your sleeve 
C            D       G                    D              G
You've been stitching your heart on the outside of your sleeve 
Em                 B             C            G
You've been wrung out and then doused with grief 
Em                 B        C              G
In the ocean of time this moment will be brief
         D
Will be brief


G  D  G         D7         G     D               G     D7
Oh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier 
G  D  G         D7         G     D                 G       D7
Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier 
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared
G              D7             G     D      G
Knock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare


Vamp: G


C       D   G            D            G
Muddled position of our hearts will shift 
C        D      G   D         G
Position of our hearts will shift 
C        D     G         D          G
Someday this burden of loving will lift 
      C     D   G   D         G
This burden of lo-ving will lift 
          Em                           B          C           G
And the difference between wrong and right will close like a fist 
     Em            B        C            G
But now judgments passed on us will be swift 
            D
Just like this


G  D  G         D7         G     D               G     D7
Oh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier 
G  D  G         D7         G     D                 G       D7
Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier 
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared
G              D7             G     D      G
Knock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare


Solo: C D G G D D G G x4


 (percussion only)
A baby is born in a mud hut 

A baby is born in a mud hut 

With a worm fastened to his gut 

With a worm fastened to his gut 
     Em                B           C            G
Yes, most doors open briefly and then they are shut 
     Em         B         C               G
The circle of life is a wheel that gets stuck
      D
In a rut


 (a capella)                                          D7
Oh I know it's gonna get harder before it gets easier 
G  D  G         D7         G     D                 G       D7
Oh I know it's going to get harder before it gets eaaaasiiier 
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared
G              D7               G
Knock, knock, fate it does not care
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, fate was at the door 
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, too loud to ignore
G              D7             G
Knock, knock, we were unprepared
G              D7             G     D      G
Knock, knock, fate it does not caaaaaaaaaare
G     D      G
Caaaaaaaaaare
(a capella)
Caaaaaaaaaare