The Animals – Hard Times (Guitar)

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As recorded by The Animals (From the 1983 Album ARK) [Intro] Em D Em D Em D N.C. [1st Verse]
N.C.           Em                           D
Baby, it's the hard times that'll bring you down

       Em                     D
To the pavement, to the solid ground

                  C
It's gonna be the hard times

                  B                       Em     D   N.C.
That'll leave you when things are cheap again
[2nd Verse]
N.C.           Em                     D
Baby, it's the hard times, don't you know

         Em                       D
That has taken the shine off your golden look

                  C                            B
It's gonna be the hard times that'll leave you when

              Em          D   N.C.
You come back to me again
[Chorus]
N.C. Em                    C             B
Hard times, you're running scared on the streets

     Em              C               B
Hard times, with all beggars and the priests

     Em                      C                B
Hard times, with the welfare checking here on time

Am                     B
Telling everybody everything's just fine

Em         D        Em     D  N.C.
Hard times,    hard times
[3rd Verse]
N.C.           Em                           D
Baby, it's the hard times, and the taste is here

     Em                             D
From champagne, going to sipping on beer

               C                                B
Baby, it's the hard times that's eating on your soul

                   Em     D  N.C.
It's about time you know
[Chorus]
N.C. Em                        C                  B
Hard times, they've raised the price of smoke and drink

     Em     C                           B
Hard times, gonna make make me stop and think

     Em             C           B
Hard times, will it ever be the same

Am                                   B            C
All this talk of a chance of work is just a crazy game

      Em                  C                B
Hard times, they're gonna force you to the wall

     Em                  C               B
Hard times, 'til there's nothing left at all

     Em                  C                   B
Hard times, this walking wreck ain't worth a dime

    A                         B                   N.C.
Got your head hanging down in there with the line

N.C. Em                       C          B
Hard times, it seems the whole world has quit

     Em                   C              B
Hard times, you've got no future, got no past

     Em              C           B
Hard times, just how long can it last

    A                                 B     N.C.
You wake up one day and find out it's gone in a flash
[Outro]
Em
Hard times!