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

Intro 1
Ab Ab 
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Db Db 
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Ebm Ebm 
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Db Db 
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Ab Ab 
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Eb Eb 
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Db Db 
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Ab Ab 
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Db Db 
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Ab Ab 
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Eb Eb 
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Db Db 
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Eb Eb 
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Ab Ab 
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Db Db 
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Ab Ab 
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Db Db 
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Ab Ab 
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Eb Eb 
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Eb Eb 
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Ab Ab 
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Verse 1
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I remember the day
Db Db 
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I called mama on the telephone
Eb Eb 
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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
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And she asked me a question
Ab Ab 
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that I proudly answered
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She said son did you take time to know her
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Ab Ab 
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I said mama  she's the best
But today it hurts me so
Db Db 
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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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Ab Ab 
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This choice I made
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Ab Ab 
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didn't work out the way I thought it would
Eb Eb 
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This choice I made
Ab Ab 
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it hurts me so mama
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Ab Ab 
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This choice I made
Eb Eb 
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Db Db 
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Ab Ab 
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didn't work out the way I thought it would
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This choice of mine, oh
Ab Ab 
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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
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
Ab Ab 
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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

Pre-chorus 2
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Ab Ab 
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This choice I made
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Ab Ab 
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didn't work out to be
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one I thought it would be
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Oh, mama
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Ab Ab 
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This choice I   made
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Ab Ab 
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didn't work out the way I thought it would
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Ab Ab 
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Now I'm hurting

Verse 3
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Ab Ab 
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Eb Eb 
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Db Db 
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Eb Eb 
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Ab Ab 
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I remember when I held you
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By the hand preacher man read the scriptures
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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
Ab Ab 
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when they say
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Beautiful woman is another man's plaything
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Ab Ab 
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Oh Lord I'm hurting now

Pre-chorus 3
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Ab Ab 
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This choice I made
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didn't work out
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Ab Ab 
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the way I thought it would
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This choice of mine, oh
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Mama said to me

Chorus 2
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
Ab Ab 
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You'll be happy again
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
Ab Ab 
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You'll be happy again
[Fade out]

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsAb Db Ebm Eb

Chords

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

Ab: 4-6-6-5-4-4
Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
Ebm: x-6-8-8-7-x
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 9

9

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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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