Hush-A-Bye Hard Times chords by Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton

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Verse 1
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Many years you have lingered
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around my cab in door
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Oh hard times come again no more
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Oh hard times come again no more
Oh hush a bye hard times, go ye away
Cause my hungry baby wants
a Gingerbread Cake
Not a cow in the barn yard
no money to spend
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Not an egg in the hayloft,
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no little red hen
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So,

Verse 2
hush a bye baby don't cry no more
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Your mama can't give you what
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you're crying for
There's a wolf at the door with an angry
Cold hungry stare,
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he keeps howling of hard times

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Interlude 1

And the cupboard is bare

Verse 3
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Oh, hush a bye hard times go ye to rest
Cause my ragged baby wants
a new ruffled dress
And she wants some new shoes
with buckles to wear
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And she wants some silver
bows for her golden hair
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Verse 4
So, hush a bye baby don't cry no more
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Your mama can't give you what
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you're crying for
There's a wolf at the door with an angry
Cold hungry stare,
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he keeps howling of hard times
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And the cupboard is bare
So, hush a bye baby don't cry no more
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Your mama can't give you what
you're crying for
D 
There's a wolf at the door with an angry
Cold hungry stare, he keeps
howling of hard times
And the cupboard is bare

Verse 5

Hush a bye hard times go ye away

I don't intend to be treated this way

Verse 6
So, hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
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D 
Don't cry no more
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
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D 
Come ye no more

Verse 7
D 
Many years you have lingered
around my cabin door
Hush a bye hard times
G 
D 
Come ye no more
Hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
G 
D 
Don't cry no more
Hush a bye hard times
Hush a bye baby
Hush a bye hard times
Come ye no more