Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
F
Bb
Don't talk crooked, honey,
walk the straight and narrow
My mama tried to teach
She said: "If Jesus himself keeps
his eye upon the sparrow
Twenty- one years young,
I rolled to hell's half acre
I was a mover and a shaker,
a mean heartbreaker
Verse 2
Eb
Bb
Tell ya it's a hard living
Burned out in an ashtray
Eb
Bb
Hard living
Right down to the bottom
Eb
Bb
F
It's a hard living
Ab
Eb
Bb
Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
Ab
Eb
To ex- con little old me
Bb
Verse 3
I was trapped like a rabbit
Thought the only crime
Now that I'm dressed in stripes,
me and all my bad habits
Living in the past has been
a full- time occupation
Never moving on can take
an awful lot of patience
Verse 4
Eb
Bb
Tell ya it's a hard living
Burned out in an ashtray
Eb
Bb
Hard living
Right down to the bottom
Eb
Bb
F
It's a hard living
Ab
Eb
Bb
Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
Ab
Eb
Bb
To ex- con little old me
Ab
Eb
Bb
Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
Ab
Eb
To ex- con little old me
Bb
Verse 5
the time has come
F
Verse 6
Eb
Bb
It's a hard living
Eb
Bb
It's a hard living
Verse 7
Eb
Bb
F
Tell ya it's a hard living
Eb
Bb
F
Tell ya it's a hard living
Eb
Bb
Tell ya it's a hard living
Burned out in an ashtray
Eb
Bb
Hard living
Right down to the bottom
Eb
Bb
F
It's a hard living
Ab
Eb
Bb
Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
Ab
Eb
Bb
To ex- con little old me
Ab
Eb
Bb
Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
Ab
Eb
To ex- con little old me
Outro 1
Bb
Bb
Bb
F
Bb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb Eb Ab Gm
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