{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1798387,"song":"Hard Times In New York Town","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1798387-hard-times-in-new-york-town-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1798387?type=chord","rating":4.82778,"votes":38,"content":"[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nCome you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing it to you right, but you might think it’s wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a little glimpse of a story I’ll tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n’Bout an East Coast city that you all know well[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt’s hard times in the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin’ down in New York town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nOld New York City is a friendly old town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom Washington Heights to Harlem on down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nThere’s a-mighty many people all millin’ all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey’ll kick you when you’re up and knock you when you’re down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt’s hard times in the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin’ down in New York town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt’s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTo Rockefeller Plaza ’n’ the Empire State.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMister Empire sets up as high as a bird[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Mister Rockefeller never says a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]   \r\nIt’s hard times from the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch] \r\nLivin’ down in New York town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWell, it’s up in the mornin’ tryin’ to find a job of work[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStand in one place till your feet begin to hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you got a lot o’ money you can make yourself merry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you only got a nickel, it’s the Staten Island Ferry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s hard times in the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin’ down in New York town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMister Hudson come a-sailin’ down the stream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd old Mister Minuet paid for his dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBought your city on a one-way track[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n’F I had my way I’d sell it right back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s hard times in the country[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin’ down in New York town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ll take all the smog in Cal-i-for-ne-ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n’N’ every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n’N’ the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt’s all much cleaner than the New York kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s hard times in the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin’ down in New York town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo all you newsy people, spread the news around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou c’n listen to m’ story, listen to m’ song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou c’n step on my name, you c’n try ’n’ get me beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I leave New York, I’ll be standin’ on my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s hard times in the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLivin’ down in New York town[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}