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Ten Years After – Hard Monkeys Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are chords Ten Years After by Hard Monkeys on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D     D/C     G/B
 Gm/Bb    Gm/Bb C  X2

[Verse 1]
D         D/C
   Got no monkey on
    G/B
 my back,
  Gm/Bb    Gm/Bb C
D           D/C
    and I’m never
       G/B
gonna crack.
 Gm/Bb    Gm/Bb C

[Chorus]
A
  ’Cause it’s a good life
 G
 - too good to lose,
D/F#
    but it’s a hard world
F
 with the junkie blues.

[Post Chorus]
E
D  A

[Break]
D   D/C  G/B  Gm/Bb
 Gm/Bb  C    X2

[Verse 2]
D         D/C
   Got no street car called
   G/B     Gm/Bb  Gm/Bb C
 desire,
D            D/C
    and I’ll never light
     G/B
the fire.
    Gm/Bb    Gm/Bb C

[Chorus]
A
  ’Cause it’s a good life
 G
 too good to lose,
D/F#                      F
    but it’s a hard world
 with the junkie blues
E
D  A

[Break]
D    D/C   G/B  Gm/Bb
Gm/Bb C        X2

[Verse 1]
D         D/C
   Got no monkey on
    G/B
 my back,
  Gm/Bb    Gm/Bb C
D           D/C
    and I’m never
       G/B
gonna crack.
 Gm/Bb    Gm/Bb C

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[Chorus]
A
  ’Cause it’s a good life
 G
 - too good to lose,
D/F#
    but it’s a hard world
F
 with the junkie blues.

[Outro]
E
D  A

How to play Hard Monkeys: key, chords and progression

Hard Monkeys by Ten Years After keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 10 chords: D, D/C, G/B, Gm/Bb, C, A, G, D/F#, F and E.

Listen for D – D/C – G/B – Gm/Bb (V – V – I – i in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – soh – doh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Gm/Bb and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.