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Hard Luck

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Hard Luck:Elvis Presley.
Album - Frankie And Johnny - #20 on BB
Hot 200 on RCA Records in 1965.
       BbC
INTRO:  
B   F                                      Dm
Oh, I'm really feeling mighty low..no, no, no, 
Em       B                Em  Am F
I got no place that I can go.
Gb  G                      B        F
So, I've got some blues to sing and oh, so much 
             C   F Ab
remembering, woe.
#1.
C           F                  C       Em
Black cats, keep away from me..take my advice, 
B              A
go shinny up a tree.
      G              F
I got hard luck, the hardest kind a luck you'll 
C
find.
        A                   D
I ain't lyin', I've got the bluest kinda blues,
G                         C    F G
drivin' me right outta my mind.
#2.
C           F                C
She's gone, said, toodle-oo..kissed her goodbye 
            A         F
and my, my, my money, too.
         G              F
I've got hard luck, the hardest kinda luck you've 
C
seen.
  A                 D                  G
I mean, the way I'm runnin' lately, my lucky number 
F      C    F C C7
is thirteen.
BRIDGE:
F
Where do I belong, everything I do is wrong..all 
C
wrong, wrong as can be.
      F
Who's stacking all the decks, Lady Luck has got the 
       D              G
hex on me..I'm on her knee, da, da, da, da.
#3.
C     Em   F
Shove off, boy, I'm warning you.
C                              F
This thing I caught, you know, could be catchin', too.
Eb       G              F             Eb             C
I've got hard luck, the hardest kinda luck there can be.
        A     D                               F
Yes, siree, I guess hard luck always chooses, natural 
     B      Bb   C   Em C F B Cm
born losers like me.......(yeah.)
        EmFCFAbFC
OUTRO:        
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Hard Luck chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hard Luck by Elvis Presley. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Hard Luck:Elvis Presley.
Album - Frankie And Johnny - #20 on BB
Hot 200 on RCA Records in 1965.
INTRO: Bb C
#1.
#2.
BRIDGE:
#3.
OUTRO:  Em F C F Ab F C
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Hard Luck Chords by Elvis Presley

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