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HARD TIMES
Ray Charles
Copyright 1961 Unichapell Music, Inc., BMI
As recorded by Eric Clapton on "Journeyman"
(Transcribed by Len Moskowitz: [email protected], September 1997)
VERSE 1
My mother told D9me
F#7Before she passed away
Bm Bm7/Bb
Said son when I'm gone
D9Don't forD7get to pray
'Cause there'll be Ghard timesAbdim
Lord, thoseD haCrdB7 times
Bb7Who knows Abetter than DI? A7
VERSE 2
Well I soon found out
Just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes
Just to pay the rent
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Lord, those hard times
Bb7Who knows Abetter than DI? A7
[Sax solo/Guitar solo]
D9 F#7 Bm Bm7 D9 D7
G Abdim D C B7 Bb7 A7 D E9 Eb9
G Abdim D C B7 Bb7 A7
Bb7 A7 D E9 Eb9
VERSE 3
I had a woman
Who was always around
But when I lost my money
She put me down
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Hard times
Bb7 A7 D F9 E9(2) D9
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
Lord, F#7one of these days
There'll be no more sorrow
When I pass away
And no more hard times
No more hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
(play single notes: E Eb A Db D and end on D9)