Harder cards chords by Kenny Rogers

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D
G
C
Bm
A
F#m
Em
Csus2
Asus4

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Well, a hammer fell down
G 
on a  (G major) .44 Primer
D 
And that was  (D major) one less problem
in South Carolina tonight
G 
C 
D 
 (G major)  (C major) Wrong or right  (D major) 

Verse 2
D 
She just  (D major) looked to me
G 
as she  (G major) finished her tale
D 
The  (D major) blank expression went another
G 
pale shade of  (G major) gray
C 
D 
There was  (C major) nothing to say  (D major) 

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Verse 3

In the shadows of her face

I saw the scars

That you get when you

live where love is hard

And she said

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) Don`t you sit and judge me from some
A 
D 
 (A major) high and mighty seat  (D major) 
G 
Don`t you  (G major) shrug it off until
A 
D 
you've walked a  (A major) mile in my bare feet  (D major) 
A 
Bm 
 (A major) There are  (B minor) people that
F#m 
A 
G 
you pass  (F sharp minor) by     (A major) every day  (G major) 
D 
Em 
A 
G 
 (D major) With harder  (E minor) cards than yours  (A major) in life to  (G major) play
D 
 (D major) Well,

Verse 5
I put the cuffs on her and
G 
 (G major) sat her in the car
D 
 (D major) Walked inside,
G 
he was layin' on the floor stone  (G major) dead
Csus2 
D 
Been  (Csus2) shot     in  (D major) the head

Verse 6
There were whiskey bottles
G 
and dope  (G major) by the chair
D 
A starving  (D major) baby with nothing
G 
to wear but tears  (G major) 
Csus2 
D 
So the  (Csus2) pic      ture was clear  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) He had

Verse 7
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) finally pushed her way  (A major) 
G 
across the line  (G major) 
Bm 
And the  (B minor) badge I wore
A 
D 
G 
was los (A major) ing all  (D major) its shine  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) And she said

Verse 8
G 
 (G major) Don`t you sit and judge me from some
A 
D 
 (A major) high and mighty seat  (D major) 
G 
Don`t you  (G major) shrug it off until you've
A 
D 
walked a  (A major) mile in my bare feet  (D major) 
A 
Bm 
 (A major) There are  (B minor) people that you
F#m 
A 
G 
pass  (F sharp minor) by     (A major) every day  (G major) 
D 
Em 
A 
 (D major) With harder  (E minor) cards than yours  (A major) 
G 
D 
Em 
A 
in life  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major) to play

Verse 9
D 
I just  (D major) stood there thinkin'
G 
how  (G major) justice is blind
D 
But after  (D major) thirty five years
G 
you learn to read the signs  (G major) 
C 
D 
So I  (C major) made up my  (D major) mind

Verse 10
D 
 (D major) I took the cuffs of her and
G 
I walked her back  (G major) in
D 
 (D major) Wiped the gun off and wrapped
G 
it in his right hand  (G major) 
C 
D 
Where it  (C major) should've been  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) And the

Verse 11
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) morning paper read  (A major) 
G 
in black and  (G major) white
Bm 
It`s just an (B minor) other senseless
D 
A 
G 
 (D major) case of sui (A major) cide  (G major) 
Asus4 
A 
Suicide  (Asus4)  (A major) 

Verse 12
G 
Oh, but don`t  (G major) you sit and judge me from
A 
D 
some  (A major) high and mighty seat  (D major) 
G 
Don`t you  (G major) shrug it off until you've
A 
D 
walked a  (A major) mile along my beat  (D major) 
A 
Bm 
 (A major) There are  (B minor) people that you
F#m 
G 
pass  (F sharp minor) by    every day  (G major) 
D 
Em 
Asus4 
A 
G 
 (D major) With harder  (E minor) cards than yours  (Asus4) in life  (A major) to  (G major) play
D 
 (D major) Well,

Verse 13
a hammer fell down
G 
on a  (G major) .44 Primer
D 
And that  (D major) was one less problem
Csus2 
D 
in South Carolin (Csus2) a        tonight  (D major) 