Key: C
Introduction:
D C G
You know hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
D C G
I say hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
A C D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
D C G
Can't you feel a cold wind howlin' down, blowin' my song
D C G
Can't you feel a cold wind howlin' down, blowin' my song
A C D
Well, I ain't an old man, but you know my time ain't long
D C G
Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near
D C G
Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near
A C D
People, when the rain comes, it's gonna wash us all away from here
D C G
Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be
D C G
Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be
A C D
She's the only woman that ever meant a damn to me
D C G
You know hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
D C G
I say hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
A C D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
A C D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
A C D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let this poor man be?