Hard Knock Life (Annie)

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B (I) It's a hard-knock life for us It's a hard-knock d# (iii) life for E (IV) us

'Stead of treated d# (iii) We get E (IV) tricked

'Stead of kisses d# (iii) We get F# (V) kicked 

It's the hard-knock B (I) life!

Got no folks to B (I) speak of, so, It's the hard-knock d# (iii) row we E (IV) hoe

Cotton blankets, d# (iii) 'Steada E (IV) wool 

Empty Bellies, d# (iii) 'Steada F# (V) full!

It's a hard-knock B (I) life! 

Don't it [G] feel like the wind is always howl'n?

Don't it [F] seem like there's never any light!

Once a [Eb] day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?

It's [Ab] easier than puttin' up a [Db} fight

No one’s E (IV) there when your dreams at night get creepy

No one [D] cares if you grow or if you shrink

No one [C] dries when your eyes get wet and weepy

From the [F] cryin’ you’d think this place would [Bb] sink! 

B (I) Empty belly life d# (iii) Rotten smelly E (IV) life 

d# (iii) Full of sorrow  E (IV) life d# (iii) No tomorrow F# (V) life

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Santa Claus we B (I) never see Santa Claus, what's d# (iii) that? 

Who's E (IV) he?

No one cares for d# (iii) you a E (IV) smidge

When you're in an d# (iii) orphan- F# (V) age 

It’s a hard knock life!

SPOKEN: You’ll stay up ‘til this dump shines 

like the top of the Chrysler Building! 

B (I) Yank the whiskers from her chin! d# (iii) Shove her with a E (IV) safety pin!

d# (iii) Make her drink a E (IV) mickey finn! d# (iii) I love you F# (V) Miss Hannegin!

KEY CHANGE to Bb Major

Bb (I) It's a hard-knock d (iii) life for Eb (IV) us

No one cares for d (iii) you a Eb (IV) smidge

When you’re in an d (iii) orphan- F (V) age

It's the hard-knock F (V) life, it’s the hard-knock F (V) life . . . .

F (V) It’s. F (V) The. F (V) Hard. F (V) Knock. Bb (I) Life!