Chords for Jerry Reed - Hard Times

_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
Talkin' about some [C#] hard times, _ _ [B] _ [C#] now listen to me, now I grew up [E] in a shotgun [F#] shack, drew
water from [A] a well that we dug out [C#] back, mama cooked our [E] supper on a gas-tower [F#] stove, dad
listened to [E] Hank on [C#] his old radio, the cracks in the vault that [E] the wind blow through, [F#] while
Hank sang a chorus [E] of the [C#] milkshake blues, _ well the times were hard [E] but we didn't complain,
[F#] when you're down on your luck [E] it'll damp [C#] your rain, _ [C#m] it was [F#] hot in the summer, cold in the
winter, [C#] and we always used to have beans for dinner, [F#] hard times brought a lot of hunger
and pain, [C#] but when you're down on your luck it'll damp your rain, it'll [B] damp your rain, _
[C#] it was hard [G#m] times.
[C#] _ _ _
We had an old [E] hound dog and he slept on the [F#] porch, honey goons at
night with [A] a pine-knot [B] torch, [C#] cuddled [E] over the top of the old sawmill, [F#] we chopped a lot
of cotton and [B] put flour in [C#] the field, rode the wagon in [E] the tail of the general store,
[F#] we went to [E] a church that had a split [C#]-board floor, that's right, well the times were hard
[E] but we didn't complain, cause [F#] when you're down on your luck [E] it'll damp [C#] your rain, _ [F#] it
was hot in the summer, cold in the winter, [C#] and we [C#] always used to have beans for dinner,
[F#] hard times brought a lot of hunger and pain, [C#] when you're down on your luck it'll damp your
rain, _ [B] it _ _ [C#] was hard times.
_ _ _ I remember it [E] well, that old brush broom yard, dad [B] killing them
hogs and mama boiling that [C#] broth, that kerosene [E] lamp how it glowed in the [F#] night, and the smell
of that [E] new ground [C#] about daylight, I could see it right [E] now, that shotgun [B] shack, papa
drawing that [C#m] powder from the well out back, _ _ [C#] the times were hard but [E] we didn't complain,
cause when [F#] you're down on [E] your luck [B] it'll damp your [C#] rain, it [F#] was hot in the summer,
cold in the winter, and [C#] we always used to have beans for dinner, [F#] hard times brought
a lot of hunger [C#] and pain, when you're down on your luck it'll damp your [B] rain, [F#] _ [E] _
[C#] _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] it was
hot in the summer, cold in the winter, [C#] and we always used to [C#m] have beans for dinner, [F#] hard
times brought a lot of hunger and pain, [C#] when you're down on your luck it'll damp your rain,
[F#] Oh, [B] how it rained.
_ [C#] It was hard times.
[B] _
_ _ _ [C#] Sometimes, baby, the sun don't shine.
[B] _ _ [C#] Mmm, so get together.
It's a [G#m] hard time.
[C#] _ Get on the carriage.
While [B] your bones are bare.
_ [C#] It's a hard time. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ Talking to your friends [C#m] is a [C#] hard time. _
[B] But the [C#] whole time_
Whoa, [B] _ whoa.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _