Johnny Cash – Hard Times Comin (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

[Intro] D F#m G x2 [Verse 1]
D        F#m          G        D
Life was rough on the lone prairie

D         A       G
We didn't have it made

D            F#m               G         D
The northern winds brought the cold snow flury

D              A            G
And brought us close to the grave
[Pre-Chorus]
    Bm                            Bm/A
You carried our child through the warm spring haul

       G                        E7             A A/G  A/F#  A/E
And if all went well you'd be a mother come to fall
[Chorus]
       D    F#m   Bm   Bm/A   G               D
We had hard times comin' with twisters on the ground

       D    F#m    Bm  Bm/A               G                  A
We had tumbleweeds runnin' and they would almost knocked you down

         Bm                     Bm/A
We would hide beneath the storm cellar's door

        G                        E7
And without you there I couldn't take it anymore

       D    F#m   Bm  Bm/A
We had hard times comin'

              G         A         D
But with your loving we made it alright
[Instrumental] D F#m G x2 [Verse 2]
D         F#m              G           D
The river swelled till the flash blood raged

D       A       G
Washing out the plains

D         F#m              G          D
The cottonwood stood with strength of age

D            A          G
And like the trees we remained
[Pre-Chorus]
   Bm                       Bm/A
It takes the true woman who believes in her man

    G                           E7                 A A/G  A/F#  A/E
To stand at his side while he's struggling for his land
[Chorus]
       D    F#m   Bm   Bm/A   G                D
We had hard times comin' with sand storms all around

       D       F#m Bm  Bm/A    G                         A
We had prairie hay burnin' our house burned right to the ground

       Bm                  Bm/A
Oh the hardships never did seem to in

         G                             E7
But when I'd fall down you'd picked me right back up again

       D    F#m   Bm  Bm/A
We had hard times comin'

              G         A         D
But with your loving we made it alright

       D    F#m   Bm  Bm/A
We had hard times comin'

              G         A         D
But with your loving we made it alright
[Outro] D F#m G D