[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G
It's a hard-knock life for us!
Bm C
It's a hard-knock life for us!
Bm C
'Stead of treated, we get tricked!
Bm D
'Stead of kisses, we get kicked!
G
It's a hard-knock life!
G
[Verse]
G
Got no folks to speak of, so,
Bm C
It's the hard-knock row we hoe
Bm C
Cotton blankets, 'Steada wool
Bm D
Empty Bellies, 'Steada full!
G
It's a hard-knock life!
G
[Bridge]
Cm
Don't it feel like the wind is always howlin?
Bbm
Don't it seem like there's never any light?
Abm
What's a day you don't wanna throw the towel in?
E A
It's easier than putting up a fight.
A A
Am
No one's there when your dreams at night are creepy!
Gm
No one cares if you grow or if you shrink!
Fm
No one dries when your eyes get wet and weepy
Db F#
From the crying you would think this place would sink!
F#aug
Ohhhh!!!!!!!
G
Empty belly life!
Bm C
Rotten smelly life!
Bm C
Full of sorrow life!
Bm D
No tomorrow life!
[Verse]
G
Santa Claus we never see,
Bm C
Santa Claus? What's that? Who's he?
Bm C
No one cares for you a smidge
Bm D
When you're in an orphanage
G
It's the hard knock life
G Am/G Bm/G C/G
D
You'll stay up 'til this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler Building.
G
Yank the whiskers from her chin
Bm C
Jab her with a safety Pin
Bm C
Make her drink a mickey finn.
Bm D
I love you Miss Hannigan.
Bb Dm Eb F F F
N.C.
Get to work!
N.C.
Strip them beds!
N.C.
Scrub that floor!
N.C.
Polish my shoes!
G
N.C.
And I mean.
N.C.
Start.
N.C.
NOW!
[Chorus]
D D
G
It's the hard-knock life for us
Bm C
It's the hard-knock life for us
Bm C
No one cares for you a smidge
Bm D
When you're in an orphanage
F#aug
It's The Hard Knock Life!
F#aug
It's the Hard Knock Life!
F#aug G
IT'S THE HARD KNOCK LIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!!!