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Its Hard To Be Blind

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
F
Em○○○○
Am×○○
G○○○
G7○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
               
 
 
 
verse 1 
 
           C    F     C 
Well, it's hard to be blind 
           C             Em         Am     G (G7) 
Lord, it's hard and it's hard to be blind 
C                    F 
 If I could see, how happy I would be 
C      F           C 
Nobody cares about me. 
C      F           C 
Nobody cares about me. 
 
verse 2 
 
        C         F          C 
Lord, I cried the day I went blind 
         C            Em          Am    G 
I said, "Lord, what's happened to me?" 
C                         F 
(Eeeeh) Lost my friends I lost my sight 
C      F           C 
Nobody cares about me. 
    C      F           C 
Nobody cares about me. 
 
verse 3 
 
           C             Em         Am     G (G7) 
Lord, it's hard and it's hard to be blind 
           C             Em         Am     G (G7) 
Lord, it's hard and it's hard to be blind 
C                    F 
 If I could see, how happy I would be 
C      F           C 
Nobody cares about me. 
 
Outro 
 
           C    F *)  C 
Well, it's hard to be blind 
harmonica line 
C                    F 
 If I could see, how happy I would be 
C      F 
Nobody 
C 
harmonica 
C      F           C 
Nobody cares about me. 
 
C . F . C

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Chord set

C · F · Em · Am · G · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.