Written by Jimmy Cliff
Played four times by Bob Dylan in 1989
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem, based on the version from Bonner Springs,
22 Aug, 1989
Played with barre chords higher up on the neck, but perfectly playable
in C, with a capo on the 1st fret. (Interesting song, btw., it is in
C, but this chord is nowhere to be seen until the end of the
chorus.)
The F chord could be played as an Fadd9 (103213 or xx3213)
G
[Well they] tell you of a pie in the sky
F
Waiting for me when I die
G
Soon as you're born they put you down
F
Twenty foot down underground
Em
Sure as the sun will shine
Am
I'm gonna get what's mine
G
The harder they come
F
the harder they'll fall,
C
One and all
G
harder they come
F
harder they'll fall,
C
One and all
Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down Trying to drive me underground Soon as you're born, they'll try to do put your head and foot all over you
Sure as the sun will shine I'm gonna get myself what's mine The harder they come the harder they'll fall, One and all harder they come harder they'll fall, One and all
From [...] they put you there Trying to get you anywhere I'd rather be a free man in my grave Than to live as a puppet or a slave
As sure as the sun will shine I'm gonna get myself what's mine The harder they come the harder they'll fall, One and all Yeah, harder they come harder they'll fall, One and all
Well, they tell me of a pie up in the sky Waiting for me when I die But between the day you're born and when you die You know, they never seem to hear even your cry And the oppressors are trying to track me down They're trying to drive me underground And they think that they have got the battle won I say, forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done And I keep on fighting for the things I want Though I know that when you're dead you can't But I'd rather be a free man in my grave Than living as a puppet or a slave