Chalkhills: XTC Reel by Real

Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:22:49 +0000
From: Tim Harris <tim (at) wordsrus dot ndonet dot com>
Subject: The Hardest Battle - Colin Moulding - Chords
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I think my last contribution to you was Tin Toy Clockwork Train in 2010.
I only discovered Colin's release a week ago. I dont know why. However it's sticky :-)
I've also posted it to ultimate-guitar.com where I put my other transcriptions (I am 'beatxt'!). I only look to post songs I cant find done by others - or, very occasionally, my version if I think it's superior.
I'm pretty sure a number of my efforts originally posted at Chalkhills, and those of others, have found their way to UG via 'authors' who've done no more than cut and paste.
I wonder how many on my UG list of 50-odd cross over with your tastes?


Greetings from north London
Tim Harris

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The Hardest Battle

Colin Moulding - 2021 (burningshed.com)


G   C   D
G            A
To thine own self
F#m         Bm7
You must be true
    E                  A
And sing your own fair song
      E6sus4       A7
Don't leave it too long

G           C              D
The hardest battle you can fight
G          A
Is just to be yourself
F#m                  Bm7                        E
Face the dragon on a hill top shelf and you'll see
 E7            Em              A      A7
Yeah, that's a lonely place to be

G          C             D
A guardian angel said to me
G                   A
Whether a magpie or whether a crow
F#m                        Bm7                        E
Whether your plumage might spoil the show, but you'll do
E7            Em                    A      A7
Yeah, there's room in the world for you

D7                            G
Oh, how the crowd will try to sway you (Don't give up the fight)
Bb                           D        Em         A7
Fight the hardest battle and it won't break you

[Instrumental over verse chords]
G     C     D
G     A     F#m     Bm7      E
E7    Em    A    A7

   D7                 G
To thine own self, be true
        E7                     E6sus4             A7
Said the man with the beard and he's still smiling

G                   C                  D
Strange little bird sing your own fair song
G                    A
Whether a jackdaw or whether a kite
F#m                       Bm7                         E
Whether your habitat will get you disliked, there's a few
E7            Em                   A       A7
Yeah, there's room at the back for you

   D7                 G
To thine own self, be true
         E7                 D        G   Em Em7  A7
So let's stick like glue to our true co...lo..urs
D
Now