Hard To Get Tab

Rick James
Hard to Get
From "Throwin Down"
Tabbed by ThatChadMiller (Twitter)
 
 
Main Guitar Riff used throughout
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5/7-5------------------------2h5p2-5/7-5------------------------------|
A|-----------------------3-3-0------------------------------3-3-0---------|
E|--------7-7-8----0h3-3---------------------7-7-8----0h3-3---------------|
 
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Girl, you're cute, you're sweet
 
You're such a sexy treat
 
You are the girl that turns me on
 
And when you're hot, you're hot
 
I love the stuff you've got
 
You are the kinky girl I write about in every song
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Do do dah do do da do do dah
 
Do do bop bop, baby
 
Do do dah do
 
Don't be so hard to get
 
 
Do do dah do do da do do dah
 
Do do bop bop, baby
 
Do do dah do
 
'Cause I will get you yet, HO!
 
 
Sax Part for guitar (there's a part underneath the vocal but I just go back to the main riff)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-8~~-5-------------5--------------------------------|
G|----------7-5-7-5~~7----7-5-7-5------------------------|
D|---------------------------------7---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
 
Don't be so hard to get, baby, baby
 
*Sax Part again
 
Don't be so hard to get, baby, baby
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Girl, you're loose, you're tight
 
You're black and even white
 
You have a rainbow sex appeal
 
And when we dance, romance
 
You give me such a chance
 
To get the kind of love
 
That no man ever has to steal
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Strum a funky Am7 chord between the "Um pa pa" parts
e|--8------5-------|
B|--8--or--8-------|
G|--5------5-------|
D|---------7-------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
 
Um pa pa um pa pa, HO!
 
Don't be so hard to get
 
Um pa pa um pa pa
 
Um pa pa um pa pa
 
'Cause I will get you yet
 
 
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
 
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Female vocal part for guitar; this isn't played on the album but I just included the notes)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--5--7--8--7--10-10-8~~~-----------|
 
 
Um pa pa um pa pa HO!
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Bridge chords are all power chords, but you can play the full Am to fill it out
 
    D Am  G  F  E
e|-----5-----------|
B|-----5-----------|
G|--7--5-----------|
D|--7--7--5--3--2--|
A|--5--7--5--3--2--|
E|-----5--3--1--0--|
 
            D
You keep on runnin', baby
 
Why you runnin', baby?
          Am
Stop your runnin', yeah
 
Solo
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8b10~-8p5-8p5-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------7p5-7p5-7-7b9~-7p5-7p5---------------7~---------------|
D|---------------------------------------7p5-7-------5-7~---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------3h5/7---5~---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
            D
You keep on runnin', baby
 
Why you runnin', baby?
            Am
Don't be so hard to get
               G
Girl, don't be hard to get
               F           E-E-E-E-E
Girl, don't be hard to get
 
Hey, hey, hey
 
 
Chorus
(back to main guitar riff)
Um pa pa um pa pa
 
Don't be so hard
 
Um pa pa um pa pa
 
Don't be so hard to get to
 
Um pa pa um pa pa
 
Don't be so hard
 
Um pa pa um pa pa
 
Listen to this, girl
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Girl, you're cute, you're sweet
 
You're such a sexy treat
 
You are the girl that turns me on
 
And when you're hot, you're hot
 
I love the stuff you've got
 
I sing about you every time I sing a kinky song
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Do do dah do do da do do dah
 
Do do bop bop, baby
 
Do do dah do
 
Don't be so hard to get
 
Do do dah do do da do do dah
 
Do do bop bop, baby
 
Do do dah do
 
'Cause I will get you yet
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Don't be so hard to get (I will get you in the end)
 
Keep your lovin' freaky (Keep your lovin' soft and wet)
 
Don't be so hard to get (I'll give you love you can remember)
 
Keep your lovin' kinda kinky (I'll give you love you won't forget)
 
 
[Outro]
 
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
 
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
 
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
 
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
 
 
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if you have any songs you need help with. God bless!
 
 
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
 
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