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Hard Times Chords

Music by: Eric Clapton
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[Verse 1]
[A]My [Faug]mother told[D] me[G][F#]
'Fore she passed [Bm]away
Said son [Bbaug]when I'm [Am]gone
Don't for[D]get to [F#]pray

[Verse 2]
[G]'Cause there'll be hard [Abdim]times
Lord [D]those hard [C]tim[Bm]es[Bb]
Who [A]knows better [D]than I?

[Verse 3]
[A]Well [D]I soon found out[G][F#]
Just what [Bm]she meant
When I had to [Bbaug]pawn my c[Bb]lothes[Am]
[D]Just to pay the rent
[Bbaug]Talkin'

[Verse 4]
[G]'bout hard [Abdim]times
Lord [D]those hard [C]tim[B]es[Bb]
[A]Who knows [D]better than I?

[Interlude 1]
[A][D][G][F#][Bbdim][Bm][Bbaug][Am]
[D][G][Abdim][F][Gm]
[F#dim][B][Bb][D][A][D][Em][D][Abdim][G][C#aug][A][D]
[C][B][Bb][A][G][Bb][A][D][E]
[Ebdim]I

[Verse 5]
[D]had a woman[G][F#]
Who was always [Bbdim]around[Bm]
But when I [Bbaug]lost my m[Am]oney
She put me [D]down[F#]

[Verse 6]
[G]Talkin' 'bout hard [Abdim]times
[D]Har[C]d tim[B]es
Yeah, [Bb]yeah, [A]who knows better [D]than [G]I?[F][Eb]

[Verse 7]
[D]Lor[A]d,[G][F#]
One of these [Bbdim]days[Bm]
There'll be no [Bbaug]more sor [Bb]row[Am]
When I [D]pass away
[F#]And no

[Verse 8]
[G]more hard [Abdim]times
No [D]more [C]hard [B]times
Yeah, [Bb]yeah,
[A]who knows better than I?

[Outro 1]
[Ab][D]
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