Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) Chords

_ _ _ _ My mother [Eb] told me, _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ oh she passed away, _
[Cm] _ _ since son [B] when I'm gone.
[Bbm] _ _ Don't forget to pray, because there'll [Ab] be hard times,
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] hard _ [C] times, oh yeah, [B] yeah.
_ Who [Bb] knows _ better [Eb] than I?
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Well, I [Ebm] soon found out, _
[G] _ _ guess what she meant, _ _
[Cm] _ _ when I had [B] to pawn my _ [Bbm] clothes, just to pay [Eb] my rent.
_ Talking [Ab] about hard [Eb] times, _ _ _ hard [Db] _ [C] times, oh yeah, [Eb] yeah.
_ Who [Bb] knows, [D] oh well, better [Eb] than I?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I _ had _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb]
a woman, [Bbm] _ Lord, [Ab] _ _ _
[G] _ who was always around. _
[Cm] But when I lost [B] my money, _ _
[Bbm] then she put me [Eb] down.
[G] Talking about [Ab] _ hard times, [Eb] _ _ you [Bbm] know those hard _ [C] times. _ _ _
[B] Hey Lord, who [Bb] knows [Eb] better than [Ab] I?
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Eb] _ Yeah [C] _ Lord, [Ab]
yeah, [G] _ _ one of these days,
_ _ [Cm] there'll be no [B] more sorrow, _ [Bbm] _ when I pass [G] away.
Then no more [Ab] _ hard times, [Eb] _ _
[Bbm] I say no more _ [Db] _ [C] hard. _
_ _ [B] Hey Lord, who knows, [Bb] _
hey Lord, better [Gb] than I?
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _