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It Ain't Easy

David Bowie

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: D
INTRO: D/A  A  D/A  A  D/A  A  D/A  A

         D/A                         A
When you climb to the top of the mountain
D/A               A
Look out over the sea 
D/A             A                      D/A             A
Think about the places perhaps where a young man could be
         D/A                   A
Then you jump back down to the rooftops
D/A               A
Look out over the town
D/A                    C       A      D/A                A
Think about all of the strange things circulating round 

CHORUS 1:
C        A     C        A
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
C        Cm               D                              A
It ain't easy to get your helping when you're going down

             D/A                   A
Well all the people have got their problems
D/A                A
That ain't nothing new
D/A                  A         D/A                A
With the help of the good Lord we can all pull on through
       D/A           A
We can all pull on through
D/A              A
Get there in the end
D/A                      A            D/A                   A
Sometimes it'll take you right up and sometimes down again

CHORUS 2

     D/A           A
Satisfaction, satisfaction
D/A            A
Keep me satisfied
D/A                    A                         D/A            A   
I've got the love of a Hoochie Coochie woman she calling from inside
        D/A             A
She's a-calling from inside
D/A              A
Trying to get to you
D/A           A                    D/A                     A
All the woman really wants you can give her something too

CHORUS 3+4

OUTRO: D/A  A  D/A  A  C  D  A

CHORUS: There are two guitars that play this bit. 
They play exactly the same until the last bent note 
when the other one plays the high 'E' string bent from 10th to 12th. 
This guitar plays the 'B' string bent from 13th to 14th:

   A         C A         C Cm           D          A
 E|-15B15-12----15B15-12----15B-15B15P12-14-14P12------
 B|---------13----------13-----------------------13B14-
 G|----------------------------------------------------
 D|----------------------------------------------------
 A|----------------------------------------------------
 E|----------------------------------------------------

OUTRO: Two guitars play different harmonies in this bit:

   D/A   A          D/A   A          C  D  A
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------
 B|-8b8---5-58-------8b8---5-58-------55----------------------
 G|--------7----------------7------------7---------------7P6--
 D|------------------------------------------------2--4/7---7-
 A|-----------------------------------------0--3/4------------
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------

   D/A   A          D/A   A          C  D  A
 E|-----------------------------------------12b12-10--12-5-------------------
 B|-12b12-10--10-12--12b12-10--10-12--12-11---------12b|---5-----------------
 G|---------12---------------12----------------------------76----------------
 D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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