Intro: Em

Verse: 
 C                     D
You blew all your inheritance 
 Bm                                      Em
And now you're trying to pin the blame on me 
 C                     D
And I could write you off so easily 
 Bm                                      Em
Except a hundred million other people agree 
 
 C                                   D
You kick and scream to get your way again 
 Bm                          Em
But the writing is on the wall 
 C                                   D
Any minute you'll go on to your reward 
 Bm                                  Em
And someone else is gonna make the call 
 
Chorus:  
           Am      Am/G     Am/F#   
In these strange negotiations 
 G         D6/F#                 Em
Man they really are getting me down 
 Am      Am/G     Am/F#   
Strange negotiations 
 G         D6/F#                 Em
Feel like a stranger in my home town 
 Am      Am/G     Am/F#   
Strange negotiations 
 G         D6/F#                C
You know I'm looking for a way around 
            Am     Am/G     D
All these strange negotiations 
 
Em 
 
Verse: 
 C                                   D
You cut your leg off to save a buck or two 
 Bm                          Em
Because you never consider the cost 
 C                                   D
You find the lowest prices everyday 
 Bm                          Em
But would you look at everything that we've lost 
 C                                   D
Yeah, it's true I learned it from watching you 
 Bm                          Em
But now it's you who doesn't know what a dollar is worth 
 C                                   D
You got the market it's own bodyguard 
 Bm                          Em
And all the people are getting hurt 
 
Chorus: 
           Am      Am/G     Am/F#   
In these strange negotiations 
 G         D6/F#                 Em
Man they really are getting me down 
           Am      Am/G     Am/F#   
Strange negotiations 
 G         D6/F#                 Em
Feel like a stranger in my home town 
           Am      Am/G     Am/F#   
Strange negotiations 
 G         D6/F#                C
You know I'm looking for a way around 
            Am     Am/G     D
All these strange negotiations 
 
Em
 
Outro: C  Am  Em  G  (Repeat to fade)

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