Key: D major
Verse 1
B
Gaug
E
A
G#
My mother told me
C#m
'Fore she passed away
Caug
Bm
Said son when I'm gone
E
G#
Don't forget to pray
Verse 2
A
Bbdim
'Cause there'll be hard times
E
D
C#m
C
Lord those hard times
B
E
Who knows better than I?
Verse 3
B
E
A
G#
Well I soon found out
C#m
Just what she meant
Caug
C
Bm
When I had to pawn my clothes
E
Just to pay the rent
Caug
Talkin'
Verse 4
A
Bbdim
'bout hard times
E
D
C#
C
Lord those hard times
B
E
Who knows better than I?
Interlude 1
B
E
A
G#
Cdim
C#m
Caug
Bm
E
A
Bbdim
G
Am
G#dim
C#
C
E
B
E
F#m
E
Bbdim
A
D#aug
B
E
D
C#
C
B
A
C
B
E
F#
Fdim
I
Verse 5
E
A
G#
had a woman
Cdim
C#m
Who was always around
Caug
Bm
But when I lost my money
E
G#
She put me down
Verse 6
A
Bbdim
Talkin' 'bout hard times
E
D
C#
Hard times
C
B
E
A
G
F
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
Verse 7
E
B
A
G#
Lord,
Cdim
C#m
One of these days
Caug
C
Bm
There'll be no more sorrow
E
When I pass away
G#
And no
Verse 8
A
Bbdim
more hard times
E
D
C#
No more hard times
C
Yeah, yeah,
B
who knows better than I?
Outro 1
Bb
E
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