Bb F  C   Bb  F   C
  Hi hi hi, low low low 

  Bb  F   C    Bb    F     C    
  Hey hey hey, quick quick slow 


Bb         F         C
  Here's a brand new dance 

Bb     F                 C  
  I'll tell you how it's done 

Bb       F        C
  It's a little unusual 

Bb    F        C
  And not much fun 

Bb     F            C
  It's not like the bump 

Bb     F            C
  It's not like the hustle 

Bb          F           C
  And it'll never never never 

Bb     F           C
  Be a film by Ken Russell 


  C
  It's The Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


       G
  It's easy to do 


  You soon get the knack 

                                    G7
  You just shrug your shoulders and turn your back! 


             C
  And do The Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 



 *Abmaj7
  Keep your distance 

 *Ebmaj7
  Keep your cool 

 *Abmaj7
  Let no one come near you 

                    G
  That's the golden rule 

  nc
  Hard To Get! 


  Bb F  C   Bb  F   C
  Hi hi hi, low low low 

  Bb  F   C    Bb    F     C
  Hey hey hey, quick quick slow 


Bb    F            C
  You just groove around 

Bb         F       C
  When you do this dance 

Bb    F          C
  You don't give no one 

Bb  F      C
  A second glance 

Bb    F            C
  But sure as X is X 

               Bb    F    C
  And there are stars up above 

Bb    F       C
  The Hard To Get 

Bb     F        C
  Is a dance of love 

  C
  So do The Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 

       G
  It's easy to do 


  You soon get the knack 

                                    G7
  You just shrug your shoulders and turn your back! 



             C
  And do The Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 



 *Abmaj7            *Ebmaj7
  Be unapproachable! Remain aloof! 

 *Abmaj7
  Pass the time of day with no one! 

             G
  Be on your own! 

  nc
  Hard To Get! 



  C
  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 


  Hard To Get, Hard To Get 

  Bb          F         C
  Everybody's doin' The Hard To Get 



  nc   D7 
  Well everybody 

     G7
  Is doin' 
      C     C7    F     Fm    G7
  The Ha-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ard 

  G+ C9
  To Get..... 





NB:

*For the Abmaj7 and Ebmaj7 chords, normal Ab 
and Eb (ie. major) chords can be substituted 
in their place.

**The Rutland Weekend Television version of 
this song differs very slightly from the 
"Rutland Weekend Songbook" album version (on 
which this version is based). The chords, 
however, remain the same.