No One Said It Would Be Easy Lyrics

No One Said It Would Be Easy - Sheryl Crow
It's obvious the trouble we're in
When your father pulls up in a Mercedes Benz
He says he just happened to be in the neighbourhood
But before he leaves he slips the landlord the rent
You say, "It's just a question of eliminating obstacles"
As you throw your dinner out the kitchen door
You say, "I know how you try
But, honey, let's eat out tonight"
No one said it would be easy
But no one said it'd be this hard
No one said it would be easy
No one thought we'd come this far
You can't seem to ever fold up a shirt
I bring it up and you think I'm a jerk
But I think we're here to stay
I can't imagine it any other way
No one said it would be easy
But no one said it'd be this hard
No one said it would be easy
No one thought we'd come this far
Sometimes I wonder who he's picturing
When he looks at me
When he looks at me and smiles
No one said it would be easy
No one said it'd be this hard
No one said it would be easy
No one thought we'd come this far
Oh, and look, we've come this far
NB The guitars are tuned (low to high) DADGAE (ie drop the B and low E
strings down by a whole tone)
Chords: A - x02200 G - 555xxx F#m - 444xxx D - 000200 (or 000202)
Don't be scared off by the funny tuning - this song is dead easy to play -
beauty in simplicity.
There are three guitars on the recording - one electric and two acoustics.
Throughout the verses, the electric plays:
Meanwhile the first acoustic guitar plays
(NH)
The second acoustic comes in on the line "He says he just happened .." with
When going into the chorus, replace the last two bars of each of these
figures with:
Elec + + + + + + + +
Ac-1 + + + + | + + + + |
Ac-2 + + + + | + + + + |
The chorus consists of:
Elec + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Ac1&2+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + + + + +
played 4 times.
The bridge ("Sometimes I wonder...") consists of:
Elec + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Ac1&2+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + + + + +
Elec + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Ac1&2+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + + + + +
|-2-----2-2---2---|-2-----2-2---2---|-5-----5-5---5---|-5----(Ac1 only)-|
The solo is: (the backing is the same as a verse)