Artist: David Bazan Song: Hard To Be Album: Curse Your Branches This is obviously minus intro and outro. I watched a few live videos and listened to the album to figure it out. When I edited all this the chords lined up properly with the corresponding words so if it's lined up wrong sorry. This is my first submission. Standard Tuning - Capo 4th Fret

^BmYou've heard the story you ^Bmknow ho^Dw it goes ^D ^AmOnce upon a garden w^Bme were lovers with no clo^Dthes ^Bm ^BmFresh from the soil we w^Bmere beautiful and t^Drue ^D In co^Amntrol of our emotions ^Bmtill we ate the poison f^Druit ^Bm

And now its...

^DHard to be ^D ^AmHard to be^Bm ^DHard to be ^D A de^Amcent Human being ^Bm

Wait just a minute ^Bm You expe^Dct me to believe ^D that all^Am this misbehaving gr^Bmew from one enchanted tree ^D ^Bm And helpl^Bmess to fight it ^Bmwe should all be satisfied ^D ^D With the magical^Am explanation for why^Bm the living die^D ^Bm

And why it's...

^DHard to be ^D ^AmHard to be^Bm ^DHard to be ^D A de^Amcent Human being ^Bm

^AmChildbirth is painf^Dul toil to ^Dgrow our food ^D ^AmIgnorance made us hungry ^D ^DInformation made us no good ^D Every burde^Amn misunderstood ^Bm

^BmI swung my tassel ^Bmto the left side of^D my cap ^D Knowing after gra^Amduation there w^Bmould be no going back ^D ^Bm and no c^Bmongratulations fr^Bmom my faithful family ^D ^D some of whom ar^Ame already fasting to interced^Bme for me ^D ^Bm

Because it's...

^DHard to be^D ^AmHard to be^Bm  D D Hard to be ^AmA decent human being ^Bm

David Bazan - Hard to be