It's Not Easy chords by
Lucky Dube (Official Version)
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Key: B majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1
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Gm Gm 
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F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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G G 
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F F 
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G G 
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C C 
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F F 
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C C 
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F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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F F 
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G G 
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Verse 1
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I remember the day
F F 
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I called mama on the telephone
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I told her mama I'm getting married
I could hear her voice on the other side
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of the telephone she was smiling
G G 
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And she asked me a question
C C 
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that I proudly answered
F F 
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She said son did you take time to know her
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C C 
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I said mama she's the best
But today it hurts me so
F F 
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To go back to mama and say
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mama I 'm getting divorced
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Oh I'm getting divorced

Pre-chorus 1
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C C 
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This choice I made
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F F 
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C C 
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didn't work out the way I thought it would
G G 
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F F 
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This choice I made
C C 
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it hurts me so mama
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C C 
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This choice I made
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F F 
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C C 
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didn't work out the way I thought it would
G G 
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F F 
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This choice of mine, oh
C C 
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Mama said to me

Chorus 1
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
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You'll be happy again
F F 
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
C C 
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You'll be happy again

Verse 2
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I remember in church
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When the preacher read the scriptures
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You looked so beautiful,
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so beautiful and so innocent
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I did not know that behind that beauty
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Lies the true colors
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that will destroy me in the near future

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F F 
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C C 
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This choice I made
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C C 
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didn't work out to be
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F F 
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one I thought it would be
C C 
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Oh, mama
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F F 
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C C 
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This choice I  made
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F F 
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C C 
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didn't work out the way I thought it would
G G 
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F F 
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C C 
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Now I'm hurting

Verse 3
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F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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F F 
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G G 
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C C 
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I remember when I held you
F F 
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By the hand preacher man read the scriptures
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C C 
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Putting words in you mouth
Maybe what the preacher man said
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was not something that was with you
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Now I know what they mean
C C 
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when they say
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Beautiful woman is another man's plaything
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C C 
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Oh Lord I'm hurting now

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F F 
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C C 
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This choice I made
G G 
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didn't work out
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C C 
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the way I thought it would
G G 
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F F 
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This choice of mine, oh
C C 
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Mama said to me

Chorus 2
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F F 
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
C C 
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You'll be happy again
F F 
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
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You'll be happy again
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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC F Gm G

Chords

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F
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Gm: 3-5-5-3-3-3
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 1

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Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

Barre chords ask a lot of the fretting hand. The barre course walks through hand position, pressure, and the cleanest way to land each shape. Practice barre chords

This is the definitive original version of It's Not Easy by Lucky Dube, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of B major. It suits players who want to learn It's Not Easy the way Lucky Dube intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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