Key: D
Introduction:
D7(9) G7
My mother told me
F#7
Before she passed away
Bm Bm7M
Said son when I'm gone
Am6 D7(9)
Don't forget to pray
G Ab°
'Cause there'll be hard times
D7 C7 B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7 A D A7
Who knows better than I?
D7(9) G7
Well I soon found out
F#7
Just what she meant
Bm Bm7M
When I had to pawn my clothes
Am6 D7(9)
Just to pay the rent
G Ab°
Talkin' 'bout hard times
D7 C7 B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7 A D A7
Who knows better than I?
D7(9) G7
I had a woman
F#7
Who was always around
Bm Bm7M
But when I lost my money
Am6 D7(9)
She put me down
G Ab°
Talkin' 'bout hard times
D7 C7 B7
Hard times
Bb7 A7 D F7(9) E7(9) Eb7(9)
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
D7(9) G7
Lord,
F#7
one of these days
Bm Bm7M
There'll be no more sorrow
Am6 D7(9)
When I pass away
G Ab°
And no more hard times
D7 C7 B7
No more hard times
Bb7 A7 D
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?