Harder cards Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Well the hammer fell down on a
[G]forty- four [Bm]primer
Now there's [D]one less problem
in South Carolina tonight
[G]Wro[C]ng or rig[D]ht

[Verse 2]
She just [D]looked at me as she
[G]finished her tale
And her [D]blank expression went another
shade pale [G]of grey
There was [C]nothin' [D]to say
In the [Bm]shadows of [A]her face,
I saw [G]the scars
That you [Bm]get when you live
[A]where love [G]is [A]hard
And she said

[Verse 3]
[G]Don't you sit and judge me
From some [A]high and mighty [D]seat
Don't [G]you shrug off
Until you've walked [A]a mile
in my bare [D]feet
'Cause there are [Bm]people
that you [A]pass by every [G]day
[D]With har[Em]der cards
[A]than yours in life [G]to play

[Verse 4]
Well I [D]put the cuffs on her
And I [G]put her in the car
And I [D]walked in and he was on the floor
[G]Stone dead
[C]Shot [D]in the head

[Verse 5]
There were [D]whiskey bottles
and dope [G]by his chair
And a [D]starving baby with nothin' to wear
[G]But tears
You know, the [C]picture [D]was clear

[Verse 6]
He had [Bm]fi nally pushed
[A]her farther than [G]the line
And the [Bm]badge I wore [A]had lost
all of [G]it's shine[A]

[Verse 7]
[G]Don't you sit and judge me
From some [A]high and mighty [D]seat
Don't you [G]shrug off
Until you've walked [A]a mile
in my bare [D]feet
'Cause there are [Bm]people
that you pass [A]by [G]every day
[D]With har[Em]der cards tha[A]n yours
in life [G]to play
[D][Em]

[Verse 8]
[A]
Well I [D]stood there thinkin'
how [G]justice was blind
But I [D]didn't see any and I
could see [G]just fine
And I [C]made up [D]my mind[Dsus4]
[C]So I

[Verse 9]
[D]took the cuffs off her
And I [G]took her back in
I [D]wiped off the gun
And wrapped it in his [G]right hand
Where it [C]should've [D]been

[Verse 10]
And the [Bm]morning paper [A]told
in black [G]and white
Just an[Bm]other senseless [A]case of suicide
[G]Oh, just a suicid[A]e

[Verse 11]
Oh but [G]don't you sit and judge me
From some [A]high and mighty [D]seat
Don't [G]you shrug off
Until you've walked [A]a mile
on my [D]beat
'Cause there are [Bm]people
that you pass [A]by every [G]day
[D]With har[Em]der cards tha[A]n yours
in life [G]to play

[Verse 12]
Yeah the [D]hammer fell down on a
[G]forty- four primer
Now there's [D]one less problem
in South Carolina [G]tonight[C]
[F][D]