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Anouk Tabs

Song Its So Hard
Artist Anouk
Authors A.Teeuwe/B.van Veen
Album Together Alone

Tabbed by Visscher@alg.frg.eur.nl
This is my first try on this song. Please E-mail me any corrections, 
suggestions, comments etc etc.
Guitar 1 plays the tab, guitar 2 plays the chords above the tab

Standard tuning: e-a-d-g-b-e Chords used A = 002220 Bb = 113331 Bbmaj7 = 113231 C = 335553 D = 557775 Tab notation: ~ = sustain note b = bend up to value between ( ) r = release bend p = pull off
Fig.1 (guitar 1 playes the tab, guitar 2 plays the chords softly) D D C Bb Bb Bb C C 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3---3-----| |---2-0-----------|---0~~~~~~~~~----|-----------------|-0-----0---0-----| |-0~~~~~~~~-3---3-|-----0-------0---|-0-2---2---------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------1---|-1-3---3-------3~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| INTRO: Fig.1 two times VERSE 1 (/w Fig.1) I'm just thinkin' about the child in me, That I sometimes feel inside And I'm figuring out just what it is That makes me feel so small Is it you, that hurts me when I give myself Every day and every night Am I too blind to see that it doesn't work out Did I really ask too much of you PRE-CHORUS Bbmaj7 C | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | |-1---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------| |-3---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| |-2---------------|-----------------|-5-------------7-|-----------------| |-3---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|---5-------------| |-1---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-------3---------| |-1---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------| baby. Do you mean to tell me that's the way it is Bbmaj7 C A | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | |-1---------------|-----------------|-3-------------0-|-----------------| |-3---------------|-----------------|-5-------------2-|-----------------| |-2---------------|-----------------|-5-------------2-|-----------------| |-3---------------|-----------------|-5-------------2-|-----------------| |-1---------------|-----------------|-3-------------0-|-----------------| |-1---------------|-----------------|-3-------------0-|-----------------| Do you mean to say CHORUS guitar 1: e ----15-17----15-17-- b -------------------- over and over (= Fig.2) g -14-------14-------- guitar 2: D - C - Bb - C (over and over) It's all so hard, It's so hard It's all so hard, It's so hard VERSE 2 (w/ Fig.1) As I search for an answer, I see the clear blue sky And I know that you're the one to blame And I feel so naive When you say that our love to you was just a game (guitar 2 play chords louder: D - C - Bb - C) I dream, my dream, I'm sane, I'm insane Oh, please don't, please don't speak to me that way PRE-CHORUS (guitar 1 tab, guitar 2 chords) Bbmaj7 C | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-x-x-0-x-x-2-x-x-|-x-x-0-2-x-0-2-x-|-x-x-------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----0-x-x-2-x-3-|-2-x-0-x-2-x-x-x-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Do you mean to tell me that's the way it is Bbmaj7 C A | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . | |-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-|-----------------| |-x-x-0-x-x-2-x-x-|-x-x-0-2-x-0-2-x-|-x-x-----------2-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----0-x-x-2-x-2-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------| Do you mean to say CHORUS (guitar 1 Fig.2, guitar 2 chords C - D - Bb - C, guitar 3 fills) It's all so hard, It's so hard It's all so hard, It's so hard (*fill 1*) Damned it's so hard, why you're so hard (*fill 2*) Why you're so hard, It's tearing me apart fills guitar 3: *fill 1*: e ----------------------------------- b -13 b(15)- 13b(15)r13p10-13b(15)~~~ g ----------------------------------- *fill 2*: e --------------------- b -8b(10)r8p6-8-6------ g -----------------7~~~ SOLO played by guitar 1 over chords of guitar 2 start solo with lots of hammer-ons and pull-offs on g-string on 14th and 17th fret. Use tremolo. Then: C D C Bb Bb ------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| ------------18-15-|-----18h20-20-b(22)-(22)-|----20b(22)r20-18-20--| ------14-17-------|-------------------------|----------------------| ------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| ------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| ------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| C C Bbmaj7 ---------------------------|-------------------------|----------- ---------------------------|----------------------15~|~~~~~~~~~-- ----18---17--------15b(17)-|-(17)-(17)-(17)b15p13----|----------- -19---------17--14---------|-------------------------|----------- ---------------------------|-------------------------|----------- ---------------------------|-------------------------|----------- PRECHORUS CHORUS repeat and fade (I didn't transcribe the riffs of guitar 1 in the outtro yet)