It Ain't Easy
Lyrics and music by Ron Davies.
Perfomed by David Bowie
Ariff:
E--------------------------
B-----3-----3-----2-----2--
G-----2-----2-----2-----2--
D-----2-----2-----2-----2--
A--0-----0-----0-----0-----
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intro: Ariff
Ariff
When you climb to the top of the mountain
Look out over the sea
Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be
Then you jump back down to the rooftops
Look out over the town
C* Ariff
Think about all of the strange things circulating round
CHORUS:
C A C A
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
C D# D A
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down
Ariff
Well all the people have got their problems
That ain't nothing new
With the help of the good Lord
We can all pull on through
We can all pull on through
Get there in the end
Sometimes it'll take you right up and sometimes down again
CHORUS
Ariff
Satisfaction, satisfaction
Keep me satisfied
I've got the love of a Hoochie Koochie woman
She calling from inside
She's a-calling from inside
Trying to get to you
All the woman really wants you can give her something too
CHORUS TWICE
Guitar Solo:
E--5--------------5---------------------------------------------------
B-----8--5----5-8----8--5----5-8/10-8-8-7-----------------------------
G-----------7--------------7------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------12p11------
A------------------------------------------------5/7/(12)---------12--
E------------------------------------------5-7/8----------------------
C* = play the Ariff with a C as the base tone
E A D G B E
C = * 3 2 0 1 0
A = * 0 2 2 2 0
D# = * 6 8 8 8 6
D = * 5 7 7 7 5