{"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":900206,"song":"Time Tough","artist":"Toots and The Maytals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/900206-time-tough-chords-by-toots-and-the-maytals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/900206?type=chord","rating":4.57875,"votes":24,"content":"...TIME TOUGH... by Toots and the Maytals\r\n----------------.........................\r\n\r\n*from 'Funky Kingston' (1973)*\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI go to bed, but sleep won't come,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGet up in the night, I couldn't fight my feelings.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEarly in the morning, it's just the same situ-ation,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere comes the landlord, just a-knocking upon my door.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've got four hundred/month rent to pay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't find a job. Let me, let me tell you:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime tough, (time tough),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is out of sight, it's so hard, (so hard, so hard, so hard).[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime tough, (time tough),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is growing higher and higher, (higher and higher).[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSister lee cannot bear it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd brother Lincoln only stand it, now.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey're crying night and day, louder and louder,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNobody to help them make their way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've got four hundred/month rent to pay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't find a dollar. Let me, let me tell you;[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime tough, (time tough),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is out of sight, it's so hard, (so hard, so hard, so hard).[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime hard, (time hard),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is growing higher and higher, (higher and higher).[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Good times once lead into bad times,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut now the bad times take over.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a little boy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI just keep on feeling it, feeling it, feeling it, feeling it...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime tough, (time tough),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is out of sight, it's so hard, (so hard, so hard, so hard).[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime hard, (time hard),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is growing higher and higher, (higher and higher).[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   \r\nCan't blame the minister[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't blame the preacher, and you can't blame your brother[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you cannot blame your sister, can't blame your friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCuz today is judgement day, and that's why everyone have to pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime tough, (time tough),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is out of sight, it's so hard, (so hard, so hard, so hard).[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTime hard, (time hard),[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverything is growing higher and higher, (higher and higher).[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Fade)\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE\r\n x35553  133211\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2009 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...TIME TOUGH... by Toots and the Maytals\n----------------.........................\n\n*from 'Funky Kingston' (1973)*\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Fade)\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n   C       F\n\n EADGBE  EADGBE\n x35553  133211\n\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2009 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["C","F"],"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]}}}