Los Lobos – The Hardest Time (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |G Gsus4 G G [Verse 1]
  G
A toast to love with paper cups

      C            G
And a vow to never part

        G                              Em
They're saying to each other there's a fire burning

B7                C
Deep within their hearts

           G       Em               Bm
But at her darkest hour he has gone far away

C            Am
  She's all alone
[Chorus]
         G         D            C       G
When the lights go out it’s the hardest time

    A7              C          G
The hardest time to be, to be alone
[Instrumental] G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |G Gsus4 G G [Verse 2]
    G
She sends her Mary off to school

    C              G
And sits to watch tv

        G                            Em
They're talking about spending their lives together

    B7                   C
The way it's supposed to be

         G    Em               Bm
Then the baby cries, wakes her from her dream

C            Am
She's on her own
[Chorus]
         G         D            C       G
When the lights go out it’s the hardest time

    A7              C          G
The hardest time to be, to be alone
[Instrumental] G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |D [Bridge]
  D                 Am           G          D
A mother's dream is like a story never told

D                Am                    G
Reaching out for something more than a hand to hold

C           B7              C             [ G ]
Wanting the girl she left behind, so far behind
[Instrumental] G Em Bm Bm G Em Bm Bm C Am G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |G Gsus4 G G [Verse 3]
G
Pen and paper in her hand

   C                    G
To write the folks back home

      G                           Em
She's telling them again that her life is better

B7             C
Not like long ago

         G       Em         Bm
Then her shaking hand tears across the page

C               Am
Crumbles to the floor
[Chorus]
         G         D            C       G
When the lights go out it’s the hardest time

    A7              C          G
The hardest time to be, to be alone
[Outro] G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |G Gsus4 G G G G G G |D G