Hard Times for an Honest Man chords by
John Mellencamp

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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man does his work
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He's not satisfied not at all
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Feels like that he's being used
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His self respect starts to fall
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His frustration
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Running very very high he takes it out
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On the ones he loves,
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because it's safe
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And who they gonna tell
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And he hates that cold- bloodedness
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That runs inside

Verse 2
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Oh yes It's hard
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times, for an honest man
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Very, very hard times
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Hard times, for an honest man
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Very, very hard times

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Sister,
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She's got a lot of pride
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You can see it when she walk
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s into the room
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But she's young
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And she's unaware
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Of what a brutal world can do to you
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So she loves a man
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He lies like a dog
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Tears her little world all apart
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So the walls  go up
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For the rest of her days
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And there ain't no man can touch this
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Girls heart

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Oh yes. It's hard times,
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for an honest man
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Very, very hard times
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Hard times, for an honest man
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Very, very hard times

Interlude 2

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So we walk
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From the front porch to the back yard
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Just to laugh and say hello and
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But some days are hard, like a
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Soldier's steel- toed boots
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And the rent we pay to stay here
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Gets high

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Oh yes. It's hard
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for an
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honest man
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Very, very hard times
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Hard times, for an honest man
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Very, very hard times

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