Josh Joplin - A Hard Year
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Verse 1]
C F
The sky is the colour of white-hot iron
C G
The sun is long overdue
C F
Snow is falling, hopeless and perfect
C G
And I am waiting for you
[Chorus]
Am F
A new afterthought, a stupid idea
C G
I stayed home all day and wished you were here
F G
It's been a hard year
[Verse 2]
C F
No one is safe in a country of spies
C G
The landlord is taking down names
C F
This building is broken, its windows are worthless
C G
And no one ever complains
[Chorus]
Am F
A new afterthought, a stupid idea
C G
I stayed home all day and wished you were here
F G
It's been a hard year
F G
It's been a hard year
C F
It's been a hard year
C G
It's been a hard year
[Bridge]
F G
The ink-spots of birds, shifting in flight
F G
A long afternoon turns to night
F G
And I see the sun through a crack in the sky
F G
And just like that it all passes by
F
It's been a hard year
[Instrumental]
F G F G
[Verse 3]
C F
Front-page pictures are already old
C G
The dishes sit in the sink
C F
Seven long days spent in bed
C G
And I haven't slept a wink
[Chorus]
Am F
A new afterthought, a stupid idea
C G
I stayed home all day and wished you were here
F G
It's been a hard year
F G
It's been a hard year
C F
It's been a hard year
C G
It's been a hard year
[Instrumental]
C G C G F G
[Outro]
C F
The sky is the colour of white-hot iron
C G
The sun is long overdue