Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Hard Sun" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D#
When I walk beside her
  C#
I am the better man
G#
When I look to leave her
          D#
I always stagger back again

D#
Once I built an Ivory tower
      C#
so I could worship from above
G#
When I climbed down to be set free
     D#
She took me in again

Chorus:
D#
There's a big
            A#m
A big hard sun
                    G#
Beatin' on the big people
                 D#
In the big hard world

When she comes to greet me
She is mercy at my feet
And I, I see her inner charm
She just throws it back at me

Once I dug an early grave
To find a better land
She just smiled and laughed at me
And took her rules back again

Chorus - x2

When I go to cross that river
She is comfort by my side
When I try to understand
She just opens up her hands

Chorus

Once I stood to lose her
When I saw what I had done
Bowed down and threw away the hours
Of her garden and her sun

So I tried to warn her
I turned to see her weep
Forty days and forty nights
And it's still coming down on me

Chorus - x2


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Hard Sun" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Hard Sun" by Eddie Vedder.