Bruce Springsteen - This Hard Land: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "This Hard Land" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn This Hard Land ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "This Hard Land" smoothly on your ukulele.

G          C               D
Hey there mister, can you tell me what
                 G
happened to the seeds I've sown
G                  C         D
Can you give me a reason sir,
                      G
as to why they ain't never grown
            C               G
They've just blown around from town to town
 D                    G
Back out on to these fields
  C               G
Where they fall from, from my hand
 D                      G
Back into the dirt of this hard land
Come on

Now me and my sister
From Germantown, yeah, we did ride
Well, we made our bed, sir
From the rock on the mountainside
We've been blowin' around from town to town
Lookin' for a place to land
Where the sun bursts through the clouds
to fall like a circle
Like a circle of fire down on this hard land

Now even the rain it don't come 'round
Don't come 'round here no more
And the only sound at night's the wind
Slammin' that back-porch door
It just stirs you up like it wants to
just blow you down
Twistin' and churnin' up the sand
And leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down
Face down in the dirt of this hard land

From a building up on the hill
I can hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range"
And I can see them Bar-M choppers
Sweepin' low across the plains
And it's me and you, Frank, we're lookin'
for lost cattle
Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand
We're ridin' in the whirlwind, searchin'
for lost treasure
Way down south of the Rio Grande
We're ridin' 'cross that river in the moonlight
Yeah, up onto the banks of this hard land

Hey Frank, won't you pack your bags
And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall?
Now just one kiss from you, my brother
And we'll ride until we fall
We'll sleep in the fields, we'll sleep by the rivers
And in the morning we'll make a plan
Well, if you can't make it stay hard,
stay hungry, stay alive, if you can
And meet me in a dream of this hard land (Oh)

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

C

Ukulele chord C

D

Ukulele chord D

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "This Hard Land" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "This Hard Land" by Bruce Springsteen.

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