Hard Times Come Again No More Chords by Nanci Griffith

[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] Let _ us pause in life's pleasures [Bb] and count its many [F] tears
[Bb] While [F] we all [C] subsorrow [F] with the poor _
There's a song that will linger [Bb] forever [Eb] in [F] our ears
[Bb] Oh, [F] hard times [C] come again [F] no more
While we seek mirth and beauty [Bb] and music light [F] and gay
[Bb] There [F] are frail forms [C] fainting at [Bb] the door
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And though their voices are silent, [Bb] their pleading [F] looks will say
[Bb] Oh, [F] hard [C] times come again [F] no more
[E] Tis the [F] song, the sigh of [Bb] the [F] weary
Hard [Am] times, [Dm] hard [C] [G] times come again [C] no more
Many [F] days you have lingered [Bb] around my cabin [F] door
[Bb] [F] Oh, hard [C] times come again [F] no [Bb] more
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_ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ There's a pale sorrow maiden [Bb] who toils her life [F] away
[Bb] With [F] a worn heart [C] whose better [F] days are o [Bb]'er
[F] And though her voice would be merry, [Gm] tis sighing [F] all the day
[Bb] [F] Oh, hard [C] times come [F] again no more
_ [Bb] [F] Tis the song, the sigh [Bb] of the [F] weary
_ [C] Hard [Dm] times, [C] hard [G] times come [C] again no more
_ [F] Many days you have lingered [Bb] around my [F] cabin [Bb] door
[F] Oh, hard [C] times come [F] again no more
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_ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] Tis a sigh that is wafted [Bb] across the troubled [F] [Bb] wave
Tis [F] a wail that [C] is heard upon [F] the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured [Bb] around the [F] lowly grave
[Bb] [F] Oh, hard [C] times come [F] again no [Bb] more
[F] _ Tis the song, the sigh [Bb] of the [F] weary
_ [C] Hard [Dm] times, [F] hard [G] times [C] come again no more
[F] Many days you have lingered [Bb] around my [F] cabin [Bb] door
[F] Oh, hard [C] times come [F] again no more _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] [F] Oh, hard [C] times come [F] again no more _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] [F] Oh, hard [C] times come [F] again no [Bb] more
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] [F] Oh, hard [C] times [F] come again no [Bb] more
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[C] _ [Dm] _ [F] [G] The _ [C] _ _ _
[F] days you have lingered [Bb] around [F] my cabin door,
[Bb] Oh [F] hard [C] times come again [F] no [F] more.
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