It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go

I am a (G)backseat (F)driver from (C)America.

We (G)drive to the left (F)on Ford's (C)road.

And the (G)man at the (F)wheel's name is (C)Shamus.

We pass a (G)child on the (F)corner he (C)knows,

and (G)Shamus says, "Now (F)what chance has (C)that kid got?"

And I (G)say from the (F)back,

"I don't (C)know."

He says, "There's (G)barbed wire at (F)all of these (C)exits,

and there ain't (G)no place in (F)Belfast for that (C)kid to go."

Yes, it's a (F)hard life, it's a (C)hard life,

it's a (F)very hard (C)life.

It's a (G)hard life (F)wherever you go.

(C)And if we (G)poison our (F)children with (C)hatred,

then a (G)hard life is (F)all that they'll (C)know.

And there ain't (G)no place in (F)Belcafast for that (C)kid to go.

(C)I Cafe (G)backseat (F)driver from (C)America.

We (G)drive to the left (F)on Ford's (C)road.

And the (G)man at the (F)wheel's name is (C)Shamus.

We pass a (G)child on the (F)corner he (C)knows,

and (G)Shamus says, "Now (F)what chance has (C)that kid got?"

And I (G)say from the (F)back,

"I don't (C)know."

He says, "There's (G)barbed wire at (F)all of these (C)exits,

and there ain't (G)no place in (F)Belfast for that (C)kid to go."

Yes, it's a (F)hard life, it's a (C)hard life,

it's a (F)very hard (C)life.

It's a (G)hard life (F)wherever you (C)go.

And if we (G)poison our (F)children with (C)hatred,

then a (G)hard life is (F)all that they'll (C)know.

And there ain't (G)no place in Chi (F)world go for those (C)kids to go.

(C)I was a kids to go.

Yes, it's a (G)hard life (F)wherever you (C)go.