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GHard times ain't half as bad as Cbad times
D7That's what I leaned in my Glife
Hard times no money Cbad times no honey
GHard times ain't half as bad as D7bad Gtimes
The biggest load I ever carried on my Cback
Is a memory of a D7girl that I left waiting once for Gme
I set out to make a dollar just so I Ccould come back taller
And the D7low down fool I counted me to Gbe
GHard times ain't half as bad as Cbad times
D7That's what I leaned in my Glife
Hard times no money Cbad times no honey
GHard times ain't half as bad as D7bad Gtimes
I spent hours working hard to meet the Csun 
Never thinking D7that the one that I love could be Guntrue
I don't blame her for finding someone Cleaving me behind
Guess D7that was the best thing for her to Gdo
GHard times ain't half as bad as Cbad times
D7That's what I leaned in my Glife
Hard times no money Cbad times no honey
GHard times ain't half as bad as D7bad Gtimes
GHard times ain't half as bad as Cbad times
D7That's what I leaned in my Glife
Hard times no money Cbad times no honey
GHard times ain't half as bad as D7bad Gtimes

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Hard Times

by Johnny Rodriguez

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G C

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

D7 G

That's what I leaned in my life

Hard times no money bad times no honey

G D7 G

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

The biggest load I ever carried on my back

D7 G

Is a memory of a girl that I left waiting once for me

I set out to make a dollar just so I could come back taller

D7 G

And the low down fool I counted me to be

G C

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

D7 G

That's what I leaned in my life

Hard times no money bad times no honey

G D7 G

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

I spent hours working hard to meet the sun

D7 G

Never thinking that the one that I love could be untrue

I don't blame her for finding someone leaving me behind

D7 G

Guess that was the best thing for her to do

G C

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

D7 G

That's what I leaned in my life

Hard times no money bad times no honey

G D7 G

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

G C

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

D7 G

That's what I leaned in my life

Hard times no money bad times no honey

G D7 G

Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times

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