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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">The Harder They Come</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Written by Jimmy Cliff<br />
  17 Played four times by Bob Dylan in 1989<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem, based on the version from Bonner Springs,
  19 22 Aug, 1989</p>
  20
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  22
  23 <p>Played with barre chords higher up on the neck, but perfectly playable
  24 in C, with a capo on the 1st fret. (Interesting song, btw., it is in
  25 C, but this chord is nowhere to be seen until the end of the
  26 chorus.)<br />
  27 The F chord could be played as an Fadd9 (103213 or xx3213) </p>
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  31 <pre class="verse">
  32             G
  33 [Well they] tell you of a pie in the sky
  34 F
  35  Waiting for me when I die
  36 G
  37  Soon as you're born they put you down
  38 F
  39  Twenty foot down underground
  40 </pre>
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  42 <pre class="refrain">
  43 Em
  44  Sure as the sun will shine
  45 Am
  46  I'm gonna get what's mine
  47     G
  48 The harder they come
  49     F
  50 the harder they'll fall,
  51         C
  52 One and all
  53 G
  54  harder they come
  55 F
  56  harder they'll fall,
  57         C
  58 One and all
  59 </pre>
  60
  61 <pre class="verse">
  62 Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down
  63 Trying to drive me underground
  64 Soon as you're born, they'll try to do
  65 put your head and foot all over you
  66 </pre>
  67
  68 <pre class="refrain">
  69 Sure as the sun will shine
  70 I'm gonna get myself what's mine
  71 The harder they come
  72 the harder they'll fall,
  73 One and all
  74 harder they come
  75 harder they'll fall,
  76 One and all
  77 </pre>
  78
  79 <pre class="verse">
  80 From [...] they put you there
  81 Trying to get you anywhere
  82 I'd rather be a free man in my grave
  83 Than to live as a puppet or a slave
  84 </pre>
  85
  86 <pre class="refrain">
  87 As sure as the sun will shine
  88 I'm gonna get myself what's mine
  89 The harder they come
  90 the harder they'll fall,
  91 One and all
  92 Yeah, harder they come
  93 harder they'll fall,
  94 One and all
  95 </pre>
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  98
  99 <h2 class="songversion">The original lyrics</h2>
 100 <pre class="verse">
 101 Well, they tell me of a pie up in the sky
 102 Waiting for me when I die
 103 But between the day you're born and when you die
 104 You know, they never seem to hear even your cry
 105
 106 And the oppressors are trying to track me down
 107 They're trying to drive me underground
 108 And they think that they have got the battle won
 109 I say, forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
 110
 111 And I keep on fighting for the things I want
 112 Though I know that when you're dead you can't
 113 But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
 114 Than living as a puppet or a slave
 115 </pre>
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