Hard Times chords by Millie Jackson

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Verse 1
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I  had
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a man,
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he beat me every night
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Twice in the mornin' pad
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To make sure he got it right
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He came a -down,
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said he bought too low
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Put roller skates on  old
granny's crutches
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Cause she was movin' too slow I've had hard knocks,
hard rocks, hard shifts
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And it's been hard to see
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I've had hard work, hard livin'
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And hard luck hard after me
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I've had hard books, hard looks
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And real collectors hard on my behalf
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But you ain't never had it hard
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Till you had the heart of hard  times
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One guy I had run around with women
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Gays and not -so -happies,
He brought me home to her past
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Said, this is a gift from me to you
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He liked his lov in' often,
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when it came it didn't matter
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He made me get up on the table,
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said he wanted served up on a platter
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I've had it on hard rocks, hard seats,
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hard beds and hardwood floors
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I've had hard lovin', hard heads,
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while havin' hard time
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I've had hard, hard, heartaches,
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and right now I'm not doin' too fine
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Cause the hardest thing I'm gettin' right now,
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is hard times
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Girl, ain't gettin' nothin' hard these days,
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y 'all
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That is, nothin' but time
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I've had hard nights,
hard rocks, hard shifts
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And it's been hard to see
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I've had hard work,
hard livin' and hard luck
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Hard after me
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I've had hard books,
hard looks and bill collectors
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Hard on my behind
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But the hardest thing I'm gettin' right now
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Is hard times
I've had hard backs, hard smacks,
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and right now I'm getting a  hard beating too
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I've had hard walls,
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hard falls I'm not getting anything hard from you
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I've had it hard all my life
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I've had hard mattresses, hard taxes, yeah,
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I've had hard times, all the time, I've had
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hard times, most of the time.
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