Hard Luck Saint chords by
Joe Ely

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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He said he discovered
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C C 
 
G G 
 
America with nothin' but a paper sack
F F 
 
The first sight he remembered was
C C 
 
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
the Statue of Liberty's back
G G 
 
F F 
 
He lost his mama on the Brooklyn
C C 
 
street when he was just thirteen
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Gm Gm 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
He  made his way out west,
C C 
 
he'd seen some pictures in a magazine
D D 
 

Verse 2
G G 
 
F F 
 
He worked a while as a roughneck
C C 
 
G G 
 
in the Floydada Black Oil fields
F F 
 
And the Fat Oilmen of Texas would
C C 
 
G G 
 
watch him a- tap his heels
F F 
 
As the oil poured in and the cotton
C C 
 
G G 
 
grew and the Cadillacs fell like rain
F F 
 
He did the work of a dozen men
C C 
 
D D 
 
and never did complain

Verse 3
D D 
 
C C 
 
If you added up his troubles
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D D 
 
G G 
 
they'd fill the prairie sky
But he lived more in an hour
D D 
 
than most men in their lives
G G 
 
He never preached a sermon
C C 
 
G G 
 
and an angel he ain't
D D 
 
G G 
 
But anyone can tell you
D D 
 
he's a Hard Luck Saint

Verse 4
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
He
G G 
 
worked his way
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
to a cotton town down Highway 84
F F 
 
And that is where I met him in
C C 
 
G G 
 
a used clothing store
With my mama and my papa,
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
little Mark and Muleshoe Bill
F F 
 
I still remember tearstains on
C C 
 
a dusty window sill
D D 
 

Verse 5
C C 
 
If you added up his troubles
G G 
 
they'd fill the prairie sky
But he lived more in an hour
D D 
 
than most men in their lives
G G 
 
He never preached a sermon
C C 
 
G G 
 
and an angel he ain't
D D 
 
But anyone can tell you he's a Hard Luck Saint

Interlude 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D

Verse 6
G G 
 
F F 
 
He never stayed around long but he
C C 
 
G G 
 
never said 'goodbye'
F F 
 
No tellin' where he went to,
C C 
 
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
G G 
 
he walked a rugged mile
F F 
 
He might just pass through your town
C C 
 
G G 
 
one of these a- hard luck days
F F 
 
And pass right through to the other
C C 
 
side goin' his hard luck ways
D D 
 

Verse 7
C C 
 
If you added up his troubles
G G 
 
they'd fill the prairie sky
He lived more in an hour than
D D 
 
most men in their lives
G G 
 
He never preached a sermon
C C 
 
G G 
 
and an angel he ain't
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
But anyone can tell you he's a Hard Luck Saint

Outro 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
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G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F

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