Chords for Ray Charles - Hard Times (Nobody Knows Better Than I)

_ _ _ _ My mother told [Eb] me, _ [Gbm] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ oh she passed away, _
[Cm] _ _ she said [B] son when I'm gone,
[Bbm] _ _ don't forget to pray,
cause there'll [Ab] be hard times,
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bbm] hard _ [C] times, oh yeah, _
[B] _ _ who [Bb] knows, _ better [Eb] than I,
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ well [Gbm] 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,
_ [G] talking about [Ab] _ hard [Fm] [Eb] times, _ _
[Bbm] hard _ times, [C] oh yeah, _
[Eb] _ _ [B] who [Bb] knows, [D] oh well, better [Eb] than I,
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
I had _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ [E] _ [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 know [Bbm] those hard,
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] Lord, _ [Bb] who knows, _ [Eb] better than [Ab] I,
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ yeah [C] _ Lord, _ [Ab]
yeah,
[G] _ one of these days, _
_ [Cm] _ there'll be no [B] more sorrow,
_ [Bbm] when I pass away,
[G]
and no more [Ab] _ hard [Eb] times, _ _
[Bbm] I say Lord,
_ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [B] yeah Lord, who [Bb] knows,
yeah Lord, better than [Gb] I,
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _