Key: C major•
Verse 1
G
Am
the Reverend Dr. Stone
F
C
but the better times are all used up
Am
F
then drinking took my Walter may
Bb
F
the lord protect his soul
Verse 2
G
Am
and sang just like the rain
F
C
but haulin hay and water were
Am
F
and the years have carved their memories
Bb
F
G
in the muscles of my back
Verse 3
Am
G
F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C
G
hard times the only times I ever new
E
Am
hard luck's the only horse I ever drew
F
G
hard work's the only way
Verse 4
G
Am
who'd court me on his rounds
F
C
but he'd paw me like a wolverine and
Am
F
he fell upon my butcher knife
Bb
F
and crawled off through the mud
Verse 5
F
C
we can run this place on our own
Am
F
and the men they step aside now when I
F
G
Verse 6
Am
G
F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C
G
hard times the only times I ever new
E
Am
hard luck's the only horse I ever drew
F
G
C
hard work's the only way I made it through
Am
G
Interlude 1
F
C
G
E
Am
G
F
G
C
Verse 7
F
C
my name is Hallie Lonnigan I'll
Am
F
that the secret of your history is in
Bb
F
G
a workin wo man's soul
Verse 8
Am
G
F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C
G
hard times the only times I ever new
E
Am
hard luck's the only horse I ever drew
F
G
hard work's the only way
F
G
C
hard work's the only way I made it through
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Am Bb...
C
F
G
Am
Bb
E
Capo: No capo
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