Hard Times Tabs & Lyrics by Eric Clapton

Hard Times

guitar tabs lyrics

Eric Clapton

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
D9
My mother told me
F#7

Before she passed away
Bm Bm7/Bb
Said son when I'm gone
D9 D7
Don't forget to pray
G Abdim
'Cause there'll be hard times
D C B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7 A D A7
Who knows better than I?


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
Bb7 A D A7
Who knows better than I?

[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?

F#7
Lord, one 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)