Hard Times

	  		               D9 
My mother told me 
F#7         
Before she passed away 
     Bm           Bm7/Bb       
Said son when I'm gone 
D9       D7 
Don't forget to pray 
                   G         Abdim 
'Cause there'll be hard times 
           D  C B7 
Lord, those hard times 
Bb7       A           D  A7 
Who knows better than I? 


VERSE 2 

Well I soon found out 
Just what she meant 
When I had to pawn my clothes 
Just to pay the rent 
Talkin' 'bout hard times 
Lord, those hard times 
Bb7       A           D  A7 
Who knows better than I? 

{Sax solo/Guitar solo}  

D9  F#7  Bm  Bm7  D9  D7 
G  Abdim  D  C  B7  Bb7  A7  D  E9  Eb9 
G  Abdim  D  C  B7  Bb7  A7   
Bb7  A7  D  E9  Eb9 

VERSE 3 
         
I had a woman 
Who was always around 
But when I lost my money 
She put me down 
Talkin' 'bout hard times 
Hard times 
      Bb7       A7                D  F9  E9  D9 
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I? 
      
      F#7 
Lord, one of these days 
There'll be no more sorrow 
When I pass away 
And no more hard times 
No more hard times 
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I? 

(play single notes: E Eb A Db D and end on D9)