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Hard Luck Guy

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Hard Luck Guy
[Verse 1]
BbSay, you wanna hear a sad song?
EbOh about somebody   love Bbjust gone wrong.
BbSay you feel you wanna cry?
GmWell come over tFo me then, I'm Bba hard luck guy. 
BbI've got many sad stories about loEbve that has let me down.
BbI've got many sad stories 
Bbabout a little clown, yeah Gm  
FI'm a hard luck guy.Bb  Gm  
Say, Fyou wanna hear Bbsomething Gmblue?
Well, maFn I sure got onBbe for you.
Cmfirst little girl tDmhat I ever had, 
Gmran off one day, Eband left me sad.
CmSo naturally DmI looked for another, 
Gmand she left me,  Ebfor her dear old mother.
CmBut I knew a Dmlittle girl with a charm
Ebtil I saw her Fwalking on another man's arm.
[Verse 2]
BbSay you wanna hear somebody moan?  Yeah
EbI ain't got no home.
BbSay, you want to hear some trembling lips? 
GmWell man, IF'm ready to quit.Bb  Gm  
FI'm a hard luck guy.Bb  
GmI can't seem to Fget a grip on this loveBb.
GmIt always, Fit always passed me Bbby yeah.
GmI need,     FI need love.Bb  
GmYeah, I need Fsomeone I can come home Bbto.
Gmat the end Fof my hard working day, Bboh yeah.
GmI'm a hard luck Fguy oh Bbyeah yeah.

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Hard Luck Guy

by Eddie Hinton

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Hard Luck Guy

[Verse 1]

Say, you wanna hear a sad song?

Eb Bb

Oh about somebody love just gone wrong.

Say you feel you wanna cry?

Gm F Bb

Well come over to me then, I'm a hard luck guy.

Bb Eb

I've got many sad stories about love that has let me down.

I've got many sad stories

Bb Gm

about a little clown, yeah

F Bb Gm

I'm a hard luck guy.

F Bb Gm

Say, you wanna hear something blue?

F Bb

Well, man I sure got one for you.

Cm Dm

first little girl that I ever had,

Gm Eb

ran off one day, and left me sad.

Cm Dm

So naturally I looked for another,

Gm Eb

and she left me,  for her dear old mother.

Cm Dm

But I knew a little girl with a charm

Eb F

til I saw her walking on another man's arm.

[Verse 2]

Say you wanna hear somebody moan? Yeah

I ain't got no home.

Say, you want to hear some trembling lips?

Gm F Bb Gm

Well man, I'm ready to quit.

F Bb

I'm a hard luck guy.

Gm F Bb

I can't seem to get a grip on this love.

Gm F Bb

It always, it always passed me by yeah.

Gm F Bb

I need, I need love.

Gm F Bb

Yeah, I need someone I can come home to.

Gm F Bb

at the end of my hard working day, oh yeah.

Gm F Bb

I'm a hard luck guy oh yeah yeah.

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