Hard Times Chords by Ray Charles

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] My mother told [Fm] me, [C] _ _ [G] _ though she passed [Cm] away,
[B] Since on when I'm [Bbm] gone,
Don't forget [Eb] to pray,
[Ab] Cause there'll be hard [Ebm] times,
[Eb] _ [Bbm] Hard [C] times,
Oh [B] yeah, yeah,
[Bb] Who knows, [Eb] better than I,
[Bb] _ [Ebm] _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] Well I soon found [G] out,
Just what she meant,
[Cm] _ [B] When I had to pawn my [Bbm] clothes,
[G] Just to pay my rent,
[Ab] Talking about [Ebm] hard [Eb] times,
[Bbm] Hard [C] times,
Oh [Eb] yeah, yeah,
[Bb] Who knows, [Eb] I want her better [Bb] than I,
[Gb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
[B] _ [Bb] I [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _
[Eb] [Bbm] had a farmer's [Ab] wife,
[G] _ Who was always [Cm] around,
[B] But when I lost my [Bbm] mind,
[G] She put me down,
Talking [Ab] about hard [Eb] times,
[Bbm] You know those hard [C] times,
_ [B] _ [Bb] Who knows, [Eb] better [Ab] than I,
[Gb] _
[E] _ [Eb] _ Yeah [Ab] [G] Lord, yeah,
One of these days,
[Cm] There'll be no [B] more [Bbm] sorrow,
When I [Eb] pass [G] away,
And no [Ab] more hard [Eb] times,
[Bbm] I say no more [Abm]
[C] hard,
Yeah [B] Lord, [Bb] who knows,
[Eb] Yeah Lord, [E] better than I,
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _