{"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":2804792,"song":"Hard Times","artist":"The Animals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2804792-hard-times-chords-by-the-animals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2804792?type=chord","rating":0.03746,"votes":0,"content":"HARD TIMES\r\nAs recorded by The Animals\r\n(From the 1983 Album ARK)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  N.C.\r\n\r\n[1st Verse]\r\n[tab]N.C.           [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBaby, it's the hard times that'll bring you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the pavement, to the solid ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's gonna be the hard times[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   N.C.\r\nThat'll leave you when things are cheap again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[2nd Verse]\r\n[tab]N.C.           [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBaby, it's the hard times, don't you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat has taken the shine off your golden look[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt's gonna be the hard times that'll leave you when[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   N.C.\r\nYou come back to me again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C. [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, you're running scared on the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, with all beggars and the priests[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, with the welfare checking here on time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTelling everybody everything's just fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  N.C.\r\nHard times,    hard times[/tab]\r\n\r\n[3rd Verse]\r\n[tab]N.C.           [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBaby, it's the hard times, and the taste is here[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom champagne, going to sipping on beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBaby, it's the hard times that's eating on your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  N.C.\r\nIt's about time you know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C. [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, they've raised the price of smoke and drink[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, gonna make make me stop and think[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, will it ever be the same[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll this talk of a chance of work is just a crazy game[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, they're gonna force you to the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, 'til there's nothing left at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, this walking wreck ain't worth a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]                   N.C.\r\nGot your head hanging down in there with the line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]N.C. [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, it seems the whole world has quit[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, you've got no future, got no past[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHard times, just how long can it last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]     N.C.\r\nYou wake up one day and find out it's gone in a flash[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHard times![/tab]","plain_text":"HARD TIMES\nAs recorded by The Animals\n(From the 1983 Album ARK)\n\n[Intro]\nEm    D    Em    D   Em   D  N.C.\n\n[1st Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[2nd Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[3rd Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Em","D","C","B","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}