Hard Times In America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I wrote this song [G]about, I don't know,
a dozen years ago.
It's [Am]more true now than
when I wrote it.
It's called Hard Times in America.
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I woke up this morning
with a pounding in my brain
And half [G]a dozen roaches
[F]crawling down [Am]my window tank
Got no food in the kitchen,
I can't afford the rent
I had [G]some money yester[F]day,
but I don't [E]know where it went
I could[Am]n't find a job,
I could not get a loan
I [G]could not [Dm]pay the bill[F]s,
so they took back [Am]my telephone
My girlfriend Josephine
gave me back my ring
She said, [G]baby,
till you get some [F]dough,
you can forget [E]about the wild thing
[Am]Hard times in [F]Amer[G]ica
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America, America
The farmer down the road,
he never did no harm
But he [G]could not make the pay[F]ments
so they auc[Am]tioned off his farm
All across the heartland,
from Mexico to Maine
People [G]out of work,
[F]locked up in a hum[E]an chain
[Am]Hard times in Amer[F]ica
[G]Hard times in Amer[Am]ica
Hard times in Amer[F]ica
[G]Hard times in Amer[Am]ica
They say it's getting [F]better,
but closing the gap
You [Am]know as well as I do,
that's just a load of crap
The [F]rich are getting rich,
the poor are staying poor
I do [E]believe the Grim Reaper
knocking at the door
[Am]Hard times in America[F]
[G]Hard times in America[Am]
Hard times in Amer[F]ica
[G]Hard times in [Am]America

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
The [Am]widow next door,
the once a blushing bride
Now [G]a pile o[Dm]f skin and[F] bone,
afraid [Am]to go outside
Where hustlers and pimps
and mur[E]derers have been
[Am]Dressed [G]in rags and feath[F]ers
on the out[E]side lookin' [Am]in
People eatin' garbage,
people drinkin' rain
[G]Sleepin' on the side[F]walks
in a card[Am]board hurricane
Some are drinkin' whiskey,
some are takin' drugs
Vic[G]tims of [Am]a soci[F]ety
that's work[E]in' out the funds
[Am]Hard times in America[F]
[G]Hard times in Amer[Am]ica
Hard times in Amer[F]ica

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 3]
[Am]One more time!
All around, all [G]around
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[Am]Jimmy Bovino, Andy York, Brad Elberta,
Rich Pagano, Frankie Lee,
my name is Hank Williams.