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Hard Times

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Amixolydian

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[Intro]
A    A    D    G
[Verse]
AYou can say yoAur prayersD  G  
ABut you can saAve your criesD  G  
ACause what's dAone is doneD  G  
AAnd I'm not heAre to testifyD  G  
[Pre Chorus}
GSo tell me AwhyG  
GWhy D/F#must I stand in lGine
GTell me wAhy
GWhy D/F#must I stand in lGine
[Chorus]
GIn the Ahardtimes
[Verse]
DFive years older and Gtelling yourself
That you're wAiser
But the Dmirror shows wrinkles and lGinesA  
DFive years gone and fGeeling lonely
And tiAred
So Dwill we ever Gfind
[Pre Chorus]
Find out wAhy
GWhy D/F#must we stand in liGne
Tell me why Awhy
GWhy D/F#must we stand in lGineA  
[Chorus]
In the harAdtimes
In the hDardtimeGs

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Hard Times

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D/F#

[Intro]

A A D G

[Verse]

A A D G

You can say your prayers

A A D G

But you can save your cries

A A D G

Cause what's done is done

A A D G

And I'm not here to testify

[Pre Chorus}

G A G

So tell me why

G D/F# G

Why must I stand in line

G A

Tell me why

G D/F# G

Why must I stand in line

[Chorus]

G A

In the hardtimes

[Verse]

D G

Five years older and telling yourself

That you're wiser

D G A

But the mirror shows wrinkles and lines

D G

Five years gone and feeling lonely

And tired

D G

So will we ever find

[Pre Chorus]

Find out why

G D/F# G

Why must we stand in line

Tell me why why

G D/F# G A

Why must we stand in line

[Chorus]

In the hardtimes

D G

In the hardtimes

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