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| It Ain't Easy                    |
| Live at the London Astoria, UK   |
| 23rd March 2006                  |
| Performed by The Raconteurs      |
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| CHORDS:   EADGBE     |
|           ------     |
| D/A:      X0X232     |
| A:        X02220     |
| C:        X32010     |
| Cm:       X35543     |
| D:        XX0232     |
|                      |
| P:        Pull Off   |
| B:        Bend       |
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INTRO:
D/A (x00232@1)A (x02220@1)D/A (x00232@1)A (x02220@1)D/A (x00232@1)A (x02220@1)D/A (x00232@1)A (x02220@1)VERSE 1:
         D/A (x00232@1)                       AWhen (x02220@1)you climb to the top of the mountain
D/A (x00232@1)             ALook (x02220@1)out over the sea
D/A (x00232@1)           A (x02220@1)                    D/A (x00232@1)           AThink (x02220@1)about the places perhaps where a young man could be
         D/A (x00232@1)                 AThen (x02220@1)you jump back down to the rooftops
D/A (x00232@1)             ALook (x02220@1)out over the town
D/A (x00232@1)                  C (x32010@1)     A (x02220@1)    D/A (x00232@1)              AThink (x02220@1)about all of the strange things circulating round


CHORUS 1:

C (x32010@1)      A (x02220@1)      C (x32010@1)      AIt (x02220@1)ain't easy,    it ain't easy


OVER CHORUS:

   C (x32010@1)   A (x02220@1)       C (x32010@1)     Ae|-------15B15-12----------15B15-12-------| (x02220@1)b|---------------13----------------13-----|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

  C (x32010@1)      Cm (x3101x@1)           D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1) It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down


OVER CHORUS:

   C (x32010@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)           D (xx0232@1)         Ae|---------15B-15B15P12---14-14P12---------| (x02220@1)b|---------------------------------13B14---|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


VERSE 2:
             D/A (x00232@1)                 AWell (x02220@1)all the people have got their problems
D/A (x00232@1)              AThat (x02220@1)ain't nothing new
D/A (x00232@1)                A (x02220@1)       D/A (x00232@1)              AWith (x02220@1)the help of the good Lord we can all pull on through
       D/A (x00232@1)         AWe (x02220@1)can all pull on through
D/A (x00232@1)            AGet (x02220@1)there in the end
D/A (x00232@1)                    A (x02220@1)          D/A (x00232@1)                 ASometimes (x02220@1)it'll take you right up and sometimes down again


CHORUS 2:


VERSE 3:
     D/A (x00232@1)         ASatisfaction, (x02220@1)satisfaction
D/A (x00232@1)          AKeep (x02220@1)me satisfied
D/A (x00232@1)                  A (x02220@1)                       D/A (x00232@1)          AI've (x02220@1)got the love of a Hoochie Coochie woman she calling from inside
        D/A (x00232@1)           AShe's (x02220@1)a-calling from inside
D/A (x00232@1)            ATrying (x02220@1)to get to you
D/A (x00232@1)         A (x02220@1)                  D/A (x00232@1)                   AAll (x02220@1)the woman really wants you can give her something too


CHORUS 3+4:


OUTRO:

    D/A (x00232@1) A (x02220@1)        D/A (x00232@1) A (x02220@1)        C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 b|-8B8---5-58-------8B8---5-58-------55----------------------|
 G|--------7----------------7------------7---------------7P6--|
 D|------------------------------------------------2--4/7---7-|
 A|-----------------------------------------0--3/4------------|
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

    D/A (x00232@1) A (x02220@1)        D/A (x00232@1) A (x02220@1)        C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)e|-----------------------------------------12B12-10--12-5----|
 b|-12B12-10--10-12--12B12-10--10-12--12-11---------12B---5---|
 G|---------12---------------12----------------------------76-|
 D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------|