Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Hard Nose the Highway" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Hard Nose the Highway Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Van Morrison

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Hard Nose the Highway" smoothly on your guitar.

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

G    F#m           Em    D
Hey kids, dig the first takes,
G           F#m           Em   D
Ain't that some interpre-tation?
G             F#m            D                 Bm
When Sinatra sings, against Nelson Riddle strings,
G               A    D
Then takes a vacation.

Chorus:
           G    D            G        D
Seen some hard times, drawn some bad lines.
              G    A
No time for shoe-shines hard nose the
     G D/F# Em D
highway.

I was tore down at the dead's place
A shaved head at the organ
But that wasn't half as bad as it was, oh no
Belfast and Boston

Chorus:
Seen some hard times
Drawn some bad lines
No time for shoeshines
Hard nose the highway

Put your money where your mouth is
Then we can get something going
In order to win you must be prepared
to lose sometime
And leave one or two cards showing

Chorus:
Seen some hard times
Drawn some bad lines
No time for shoeshines
And hard nose the highway
(Sing it again)
Seen some hard times
Drawn some bad lines
No time for shoeshines
Hard nose the highway

Further on up the road
Further on up the road
It may not be today
It may, it may be tomorrow
So if you live for today
Gotta keep in mind
It may be tomorrow
Yeah, further on up the road
Further on up, further on up
Further on up, further on up,
further on up, further on
Up the road
This may help the hard nose
And hard nose the highway, yeah
Hard nose the highway, yeah
Sometimes gotta hard nose the highway, yeah
Hard nose the highway
Hard nose the highway
Further on, further on, further on up the road
I know you paid your dues in Canada
I know you paid your dues in Canada
But you just may, you just may have to hard nose
I hope not, I hope not but you just may have to
I hope not, I hope not but you just may have to
Hard nose the highway
Hard nose the highway
Yeah, yeah


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

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 Nose the Highway" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Hard Nose the Highway" by Van Morrison.

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