Ray Charles – Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I (Guitar)

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as recorded by Ray Charles recorded in Eb--capo one fret to play along with recording transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected] Bb+5 xx4332 Bb7-5 6x675x A7+5 x05665 Abo xx0101 C/D xx0010 A9+5 54546x D6/9 x54455 Best experienced when played along with the original recording.
A+5                  D7      
      My mother told me

G7 F#7
      Before she passed away

F#7-9 Bm                    Bb+5    C/D
          Said son when I'm gone

                D7
Don't forget to pray

       D7/F#            G7     Abo
'Cause there'll be hard times

     D7    D7/C    B7
Hard times              ohh yea a a

Bb7-5            A7+5              D6    A9+5
       Who knows       better than I?

D7                         
    Well I soon found out

G7  F#7
        Just what she meant

F#7-9  Bm               Bb+5
          When I had to pawn my clothes

C/D                 D7
    Just to pay the rent

D7/F#          G7          Abo
Talkin' 'about hard times

     D7 D7/C      B7
Hard    times        ohh yeahh

Bb7-5            A7+5              D6   A7+5
      Who knows        better than I?
..sax:
|D          |F#7          |Bm              |C/D     D  D7/F#|
piano:

|G     Abo  |D7 D7/C B7   |Bb7-5   A7+5    |D    E7  Eb7
                                                      I had a

D7             
woman lord

G7 F#7
       Who was always around

F#7-9  Bm                         Bb+5          C/D
             But when I lost my-y-y-y     money

           D7
She put me down

D7/F#         G7           Abo
Talkin' 'bout hard times

               D7   D7/C    B7
you know those ha-a-a-a-rd     ye-e-e-ah

Bb7-5              A7+5              D6   G9  F9   Eb9   D6/9
yea Lord who knows       better than I?

                G7 F#7
ye-e-e-ah Lord,          one of these days

F#7  Bm                  Bb+5               C/D
         There'll be no  mo-o-o-ore sorrow

            D7
When I pass away

D7/F#       G7          Abo
And no more hard times

                D7  D7/C  B7
ah said no more ha-a-a-rd     ye-e-e-ah

Bb7-5              A7+5                       E9  Eb9  D6/9 ............
hey Lord who knows       hey Lord better than I?