{title: Hard to make a stand} {artist: Sheryl Crow} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 101} {key: C} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [G] [F] [C] [G] [-] [F] [G] [C] [G] [-] [F] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [C]Old James [G]Dean Monroe, [F]hands out flowers at the [G]Shop-N-Go [C]Hopes for money but [G]all he gets is [F]fear [G] And the [C]wind blows [G]up his coat, and [F]this he scribbles on a [G]perfume note: "If [C]I'm not here, then [G]you're not [F]here" [G] And he says, "[C]Call [G/B]me [F/A]Miscre[C/G]ation, [F]I'm a [Em]walking [Dm]cele[G]bration" {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus x3} It's [C]hard to make a stand [G] [F] [G] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [C] My friend, [G]o Lawdy, [F]went to take care of her own [G]body [C] And she got shot down [G]in the [F]road [G] [C]She looked up be[G]fore she went, said, "[F]This isn't really [G]what I meant" And the [C]daily news said, [G] "Two with one [F]stone" [G] And I say, "[C]Hey [G/B]there, [F/A]Miscre[C/G]ation, [F]bring a [Em]flower, [Dm]time is [G]wasting" {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus x4} {start_of_part: Solo} (yes it is) [Am] [F] [D] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Bridge} We got [C]loud guitars and big suspicions, [F/C]great big guns and small ambitions [C] And we still argue over [F/C]who is God And I say, "[C]Hey [G/B]there [F/A]Miscre[C/G]ation, [F]bring a [Em]flower [Dm7]time is [G]wasting" I say "[C]Hey [G/B]there [F/A]Miscre[C/G]ation, [F]we all [Em]need a [Dm7]cele[G]bration" {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus x4} {start_of_part: Outtro, x8} [C] [G] [F] [G] {end_of_part}