Hard Times Chords by John Lee Hooker

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Don't you know a hard time. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Can you see a hard time.
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You know [G] a hard time.
Hard [E] time. _ _
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Hard time.
[E] Oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ boy.
Don't you know it's worth me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] I got no shoes on my feet.
_ _ _ _ _ You know my clothes are very thin. _ _ _ _
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I got no shoes on my feet.
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_ _ _ _ _ You know my clothes are wearing very thin.
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[G] don't get a job pretty [E] soon. _ _ _ _
_ I don't know what I'm going to do.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Hard time.
Hard time. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh [G] boy.
It's getting me [E] down. _ _ _ _
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[G] Don't you know a hard time.
[E] Hard time.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [G] Oh boy.
It's getting [E] me down. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] I ain't got no shoes on my feet.
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_ [E] Can't you see my clothes are very thin.
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ Yes sir. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My little children crying for mercy.
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They ain't got no food on the table.
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_ _ _ _ Children crying for mercy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ They ain't got no food on the table.
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Hard [E] time. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yes, things are going to change.
Don't change.
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Something I got to do with.
I know it's wrong. _ _
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I need to get this. _ _ _
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Oh [D] [E] boy.
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_ [E] Hard time. _ _ _ _
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It's getting me down.
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_ _ _ My little children crying for mercy.
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Oh [Am] boy.
I don't know what [Em] I'm going to do. _
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_ [E] _ My children [Em] crying for mercy. _
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I don't know what I'm going to do.
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Hard time.
Hard time.
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_ _ _ _ [G] Oh boy.
It's about to [E] wreck my life. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] I wonder [Em] why. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [E] _ Do these things happen to [Em] me this way.
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_ _ I wonder why.
I wonder why.
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] Do [G] these things happen to [E] me this way. _ _ _
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_ _ Hard time.
Hard time.
Hard time.
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Oh boy.
It seems like the hell [A] is today.
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