Hard Times Lyrics

HARD TIMES
Ray Charles
Copyright 1961 Unichapell Music, Inc., BMI
As recorded by Eric Clapton on "Journeyman"
(Transcribed by Len Moskowitz: moskowit@panix.com, September 1997)
My mother told me
Before she passed away
Said son when I'm gone
Don't forget to pray
'Cause there'll be hard times
Lord, those hard times
Who knows better than I?
Well I soon found out
Just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes
Just to pay the rent
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Lord, those hard times
Who knows better than I?
(Sax solo/Guitar solo)
I had a woman
Who was always around
But when I lost my money
She put me down
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
Lord, one of these days
There'll be no more sorrow
When I pass away
And no more hard times
No more hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
(play single notes: E Eb A Db D and end on D9)
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Len Moskowitz
moskowit@panix.com