Chords for Hard Times

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My _ [A] mother [D] told me _
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before she passed away, [Bm] _ _ _
[Bb] said, son, when I'm gone, [Am] _ _ _
don't forget to
[Gb] pray, _ [G] cause there'll be hard [E] times, _ _ [Am] Lord, those [Gm] hard [Gbm] times, _ _ [Bb] _ _ who [A] knows _ [D] better than I? _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ I soon found [G] out _ [Gb] _ _ just what she meant, _ [Bm] _ _ when I [Bb] had to pawn my clothes, [Am] _ _ just [D] to pay the
rent, [G] talking about hard times, [E] _ _ _ [Am] Lord, those _ [C]
hard [B] _ _ _ [Bb] times, _ who [A] knows _ better [D] than I?
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_ [E] _ _ [Eb] I [D] had a woman _ [A] _ who [Gb] _ _ _
was always [Bb] around, _ [Bm] _ _
but [Bb] when I lost my money, [Am] _ _
she [D] put me down, [Gb] _ _ [G] talking
about hard [Ab] times, _ _ [A] Lord, those _ [C]
hard [B] times, _ _ [Fm] _ _
who [A] knows _ [D] better than [G] I?
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One of these [E] days, _ [Bm] _ _
there'll be [Bb] no more sorrow, [Am] _ _
for [D] when I pass [Gm] away, [G] and no more hard [Ab] times,
_ _ [Am] no more _ _
[C] _ [B] hard times, [D] yeah, yeah, who _ [A] knows better than I?
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