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Rock and a Hard Place

The Rolling Stones
ChordsKeyAadvanced130 BPM
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Chords in this song9

Song

Rolling Stones - Rock And A Hard Place
G/A x00003 G6 320010 Fmaj7 xx3210 G5 3x0033
D/A x00232
Key: A BPM: 130 You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo27THq81wM

Intro

    
    
    
    

Verse 1

The fields of Eden are full of trash  
And if we beg and we borrow and steal
We'll never get it back  
People are hungry, they crowd around  
And the city gets bigger as the country comes begging to town 

Chorus

We're stuck between a rock  
And a hard place 
Between a rock  
And a hard place 

Verse 2

This talk of freedom and human rights  
Means bullying and private wars
And chucking all the dust into our eyes  
And peasant people, poorer than dirt  
Who are caught in the crossfire
End up nothing to lose but their shirts, yeah

Chorus

We're stuck between a rock  
And a hard place 
Between a rock  
And a hard place 
You'd better stop  
Put on a kind face  
Between a rock  
And a hard place  

Bridge

We're in the same boat on the same sea
And we're sailing south on the same breeze
Building dream churches with silver spires
And our rogue children are playing loaded dice

Instrumental

    
    
    
    
    
Between a rock 
And a hard place  
C N.C.
You'd better stop, yeah, give it all you got
N.C. (Am)
Give me the truth now, don't want no shame
N.C. (Am)
I'd be hung, drawn and quartered for a sheep
N.C. (Am)
Just as well as a lamb
N.C. Am N.C. Fmaj7
Stuck between a rock and a hard place
Am N.C. Fmaj7
A rock and a hard place
Am N.C. Fmaj7 E
You'd better stop, put on a kind face
Can't you see what you've done to me?

Fade Out

Between a rock and a hard place (That's what I said)  
Between a rock and a hard place (Yeah)  
You'd better stop (Stop, yeah, you'd better stop)
Put on a kind face (Just a little smile)
Yeah, come on now, yeah
Between a rock and a hard place 
Between a rock and a hard place  
You'd better stop, put on a kind face   
You'd better stop, put on a kind face  
Between a rock and a hard place  
Between a rock and a hard place   
Mark W

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