Lirik dan Chord Lagu Hard to Handle - Grateful Dead

Lagu ini diciptakan oleh Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, dan Otis Redding, serta dimuat dalam album kelima Grateful Dead yang bertajuk American Beauty.

Album tersebut dirilis pada tahun 1970 melalui Warner Bros Records dan berhasil menduduki posisi ke-30 di US Billboard 200.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Hard to Handle” dari Grateful Dead.

[Intro]

B A B B A B B A B B

[Verse]
   D                                                               B
Baby, here I am, and I'm a man upon the scene
          E                                                                      B
I can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me
   D                                    B
I got a whole lot of good old loving and I got some in store
B
When I get through throwin' it on to you, got to come back for more

[Chorus]

F#m
Boys and things will come by the dozen, Ain't nothin' but drug store love
N.C.                                                        E
Pretty little thing, let me light your candle
                                                                                  A B
Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle; now, yes, I am

B A B B A B B A B B A B

B
Action speaks louder than words, and I'm a man with great experience
B
I know you got another man, but I can love you better than him
               D                                 B
Take my hand, don't be afraid; I'm gonna prove every word I say
E      B
I'm advertising love for free, so won't you place your ad with me?

F#m
Boys and things will come by the dozen, Ain't nothin' but drug store love
N.C.                                                       E
Pretty little thing, let me light your candle
D                                B
Give it to me, baby, I got to have it - some of your love
B
It's all I need, early in the morning, late in the evening

                   B A B
Give it to me
                      B A B
I got to have it
                            B A B
Some of your love
                         B A B
I'm a big old man
                  B A B
Sometimes
              B A B
I get hard to handle baby
              B A B
Sometimes
                                                B A B
I get kind of hard to handle now
                            B A B
Yes I want to have
                            B A B
Some of your love
                            B A B
Some of your love
                                                           B A B
Make me feel pretty good now, yes it do

[Solo]
[Verse]

D                                                               B
Baby, here I am, and I'm a man upon the scene
         E                                                                       B
I can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me
   D                                    B
I got a whole lot of good old loving and I got some in store
B                                                                                                       B A B B A B
When I get through throwin' it on to you, got to come back for more