Hard Times And Misery

	  		NOTE Travis Usually Uses a Drop-D Tunning on This Song 
 
Intro: D 	  	  	  	 G 	  	  	  	  
       D 	  	 F G  
       D 	  	 G F  
 
 
(D)Another day on Highway 41 
 
It's a long black snake that (A)runs to the sun 
 
(D)My mama told me since the (G)day I was (F)born 
 
(D)Son, down in the southland is (A)where you (D)belong 
 
(Chorus) 
 
So, I'm (G)pitching nickels, (D)pitching dimes 
 
Talking trash and (A)drinkin' wine 
 
It's (D)just another (D/C)day in the (G)life of (F)me 
 
(D)Hard times and (A)misery(D) 
     
(D)I got a mansion looks like a shotgun shack 
 
I draw my money from a (A)cotton sack 
 
(D)But I finally found one (G)thing that's (F)free 
 
(D)That's been hard times and (A)misery(D) 
     
(Back to Chorus) 
     
(Bridge) 
 
(D)Watermelon's are hanging on the vine(C) 
 
(D)Thirty some odd years of (A)wasted time 
 
(D)When I wake up, Lord, (G)that's all I (F)see 
 
(D)It's hard times and (A)misery 
 
(VERSE 3) 
(D)But there's a train that runs through this town 
 
Every evening when the (A)sun goes down 
 
(D)Tomorrow night at (G)Eight-o-(F)Three 
 
(D)No more hard times and (A)misery (D) 
 
 
     
Chorus