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Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) Chords

Music by: Paul Carrack
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[Verse 1]
[Aaug]My mothe[A]r[Am][A]
[D]told [G]me[F#]
'Fore she passed [Bm]away
Said, son [F#]when [Bbaug]I'm gone[Am]
Don't forget to [D]pray

[Verse 2]
'Cause [G]there'll be hard times
Hard [D]times[C][B][Bb]
Who [A]knows better [D]than [A]I?[Aaug]
[A]I

[Verse 3]
[D]soon found [G]out[F#]
Just what she [Bm]meant
When I had to pawn [F#]my clothes[Bbaug]
[Am]Just to pay the rent
[D]Talkin'

[Verse 4]
[G]'bout hard times
Hard [D]times, [C]oh [B]yeah[Bb]
Who [A]knows better [D]than [A]I?

[Interlude 1]
[Am][A][D][Em][D][G][F#]
[Bm][F#][Am][D][G][D][C][B][Bb]
[Am][D][E]
[A]Oh, I

[Verse 5]
[D]had a woman
[G]Who [F#]was always aroun[Bm]d
When I lost my [F#]money[Bbaug][Am]
She put me down
[D]Talkin' 'bout

[Verse 6]
[G]hard times
Hard [D]times[C][B][Bb]
Who [A]knows [Am]better than [A]I?[D]
[Aaug]

[Verse 7]
[Baug][Aaug]
[D]Yeah, [G]one[F#] of these
[Bm]days
There'll be no [F#]more [Am]sorrow
When I pass [D]away

[Verse 8]
Talkin' [G]'bout hard times
Hard [D]times[C][B][Bb]
Who [A]knows [Am]better than I?[D][C][B]
[Bb]Yeah, who [A]knows
better [F]than [E]I?

[Outro 1]
[Eb][D][D]
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