Jerry Reed – Hard Times (Guitar)

Capo 4
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As recorded by Jerry Reed (From the 1982 Album THE BIRD) [Intro]
A  G
   Talking about some hard times

A
  Now listen to me
[Verse 1]
A              C
I grew up in a shotgun shack

     D                         F
Drew water from a well that we dug out back

     A                      C
Mama cooked our supper on a cast iron stove

      D                       C     A
Daddy listened to Hank on his old radio

                               C
The cracks in the wall let the wind blow through

      D                         C         A
While Hank sung a chorus of the Love Sick blues
[Pre-Chorus]
                              C
Now the times was hard but we didn't complain

                D                       C         A
But when you're down on your luck it'll damn sure rain
[Chorus]
       D
It was hot in the summer

D
Cold in the winter

       A
And we always seemed to have beans for dinner

D
Hard times caused a lot of hunger and pain

            A N.C.                             A
When you're down on your luck, it'll damn sure rain

                G
It'll damn sure rain

       A
It was hard times

A
Listen
[Verse 2]
A                            C
We had an old hound dog that slept on the porch

        D                     F
Hunted 'coons at night with a pine knot torch

A                              C
We cut a lot of timber for the old saw mill

   D                               C             A
We chopped a lot of cotton, and we plowed in the fields

                               C
Drove a wagon into town to the General Store

   D                           C           A
We went to a church that had a stick board floor
[Pre-Chorus]
                          C
Well the times was hard but we didn't complain

                D                       C         A
But when you're down on your luck it'll damn sure rain
[Chorus]
       D
It was hot in the summer

D
Cold in the winter

       A
And we always seemed to have beans for dinner

D
Hard times caused a lot of hunger and pain

            A N.C.                             A
When you're down on your luck, it'll damn sure rain

                 G
Oh, it will rain sometimes

       A
It was hard times
[Verse 3]
                             C
I remember it well, that old brush front yard

      D                      F            G
Daddy killin' them hogs mama boilin' that lard

     A                     C
That kerosene lamp, how it glowed in the night

        D
And the smell of that mule grime about daylight

A                             C
I can see it right now at the shotgun shack

      D                           G        A
Pappa drawin' that water from the well out back
[Pre-Chorus]
                            C
Well times were hard but we didn't complain

                D                                  A
But when you're down on your luck, it'll damn sure rain
[Chorus]
       D
It was hot in the summer

D
Cold in the winter

       A
And we always seemed to have beans for dinner

D
Hard times caused a lot of hunger and pain

            A N.C.                                 G A
When you're down on your luck, it'll damn sure rain

       D
It was hot in the summer

D
Cold in the winter

       A
And we always seemed to have beans for dinner

D
Hard times caused a lot of hunger and pain

            A N.C.
When you're down on your luck, it'll damn sure rain

           G
Oh, how it rains

       A          G
It was hard times
[Outro]
A                             G
Sometimes the sun don't shine

A                       G
Some gets beaten by the hard times

A
Gets hard to carry it

G
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