Standard Tuning - Capo 4th Fret A5 E5 F5 C5 You've heard the story you know how it goes D5 A5 F5 E5 Once upon a garden we were lovers with no clothes A5 E5 F5 C5 Fresh from the soil we were beautiful and true D5 A5 F5 E5 In control of our emotions till we ate the poison fruit And now its... F5 C5 Hard to be D5 A5 Hard to be F5 C5 Hard to be D5 A5 A decent Human being E5 Wait just a minute F5 C5 You expect me to believe D5 A5 F5 E5 that all this misbehaving grew from one enchanted tree A5 E5 F5 C5 And helpless to fight it we should all be satisfied D5 A5 F5 E5 With the magical explanation for why the living die And why it's... F5 C5 Hard to be D5 A5 Hard to be F5 C5 Hard to be D5 A5 A decent Human being D5 G5 C5 F5 Childbirth is painful toil to grow our food D5 G5 Ignorance made us hungry C5 F5 Information made us no good D5 E5 Every burden misunderstood A5 E5 F5 C5 I swung my tassel to the left side of my cap D5 A5 F5 E5 Knowing after graduation there would be no going back A5 E5 F5 C5 and no congratulations from my faithful family D5 A5 F5 E5 some of whom are already fasting to intercede for me Because it's... F5 C5 Hard to be D5 A5 Hard to be 
F5 C5 Hard to be D5 A5 A decent human being
