Capo: 3 Tuning:

Tuning is EADGBD (sorta like Drop D but you tune the high E down to D instead of the low E). Capo on the 3rd fret. This is how he plays it live solo acoustic, my favorite performance being the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BDBWv3RYRY D - xx0230 G - 300230 A7 - x02030 [Intro] D G A7 D G (x2) D G D [Verse 1]

^DHey there m^Gister can you t^A7ell me what happened to the s^Deeds I've sown ^G ^D ^DCan you give me a reason ^Gsir ^A7as to why they've never gr^Down They've just b^Glown around from t^Down to town Till they're b^A7ack out on these fi^Delds ^GWhere they fall f^Drom my hand ^A7Back into the dirt of t^Dhis hard land ^G ^D ^G ^D

[Verse 2]

^DNow me and my si^Gster ^A7from Germantown w^De did ride ^G ^D ^DWe made our b^Ged sir ^A7from the rock on the m^Dountainside We been b^Glowin' around from t^Down to town Lookin ^A7for a place to stand ^D Where the sun b^Gurst through the clouds to f^Dall like a circle Like a c^A7ircle of fire down on t^Dhis hard land ^G ^D

[Verse 3]

^DNow even the r^Gain it don't come 'r^A7ound It don't come 'r^Dound here no more ^G ^D ^DAnd the only sound at n^Gight's ^A7the wind slammin' the b^Dack porch door ^GIt just stirs you up like it w^Dants to blow you down ^A7Twistin' and churnin' up the s^Dand Leavin' a^Gll them scarecrows ly^Din' face down ^A7Face down in the dirt of t^Dhis hard land ^G ^D

[Interlude] D G A7 D G (x2) G D A7 D G (x2) G D G D [Verse 4]

^DFrom a building up on the hill ^G I can hear a t^A7ape deck blastin' "Home ^Don the Range" ^G ^D ^DI can see them B^Gar-M choppers ^A7sweepin' low across the p^Dlains It's ^Gme and you Frank we're l^Dookin' for lost cattle Our h^A7ooves twistin' and churnin' up the s^Dand We're ri^Gdin' in the whirlwind se^Darchin' for lost treasure Way d^A7own south of the Rio Gr^Dande We're ri^Gdin' cross that river in the m^Doonlight Up o^A7nto the banks of t^Dhis hard land ^G ^D ^G ^D

[Verse 5]

^DHey Frank won't ya p^Gack your bags ^A7And meet me tonight down at L^Diberty Hall ^G ^D ^DJust one k^Giss from you my brother ^A7and we'll ride un^Dtil we fall We'll s^Gleep in the fields, we'll s^Dleep by the rivers And in the m^A7orning we'll make a plan ^D We'll if you can't m^Gake it Stay hard, stay h^Dungry, stay alive If you c^A7an And meet me in a dream of t^Dhis hard land ^G ^D ^G ^D

[Outro] D G A7 D G (x2) G D A7 D G (x2) D

Bruce Springsteen - This hard land