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My mother told me
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Before she passed away
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Said son when I'm gone
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Don't forget to pray
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'Cause there'll be hard times
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Lord, those hard times
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Who knows better than I?
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Well I soon found out
F#7
Just what she meant
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When I had to pawn my clothes
Am6
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Just to pay the rent
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Ab°
Talkin' 'bout hard times
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Lord, those hard times
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A7
Who knows better than I?
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I had a woman
F#7
Who was always around
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But when I lost my money
Am6
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She put me down
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Talkin' 'bout hard times
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B7
Hard times
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Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
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Lord,
F#7
one of these days
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There'll be no more sorrow
Am6
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When I pass away
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And no more hard times
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No more hard times
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Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
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