Key: D
Introduction:
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My mother told me before she passed away
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Said, son, when I'm gone, don't forget to pray
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'Cause there'll be hard times
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Lord those hard times
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Who knows better than I
Well I soon found out just what she meant
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When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent
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Talkin' 'about hard times, hard times
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Who knows better than I
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I had a woman, Lord, who was always around,
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But when I lost my money, she put me down.
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Talkin' 'bout hard times
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You know those hard times,
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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I
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Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow
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When I pass away
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And no more hard times,
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Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I
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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I
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