The Devil Makes Three – Hard Times (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Album: Spirits Written by Pete Bernhard For the C chord, I'd play 010233 as it allows you to pick up the bass G for the fingerstyle pattern. To get you started on that, I'd recommend trying this as the intro:
e|------------------|------1-------1---|
B|------1-------3---|--------0-------0-|
G|--------2-------2-|------------------|
D|---2---2---0---0--|---2---2---2---2--|
A|-0---0-------2----|-3-------3--------|
E|---------3--------|-----3-------3----|
The rest of the song follows this pattern. In verse 2 the upright bass, percussion (a shaker) and banjo kick in. [Intro] Am G C [Verse 1]
C                                F
Went down to the corner store to buy a loaf of bread

C                                G
Tried to pay the checker but the checker shook his head

C
He said the price was up by twice

     F
More than I could afford

  C                G              C
I hung my head and headed for the door
[Chorus]
         Am   G         C     F
And it's hard hard hard times
They'll charge you dollars
              E
While they're paying you in dimes

          Am
When they said it was gonna trickle down

    F
You know that they were lying

     C    G
It's hard hard

Am   F
Hard hard

     C    G         C
It's hard hard hard times
[Verse 2]
      C
Got a letter from the landlord

     F                        C
Said he'd been looking around
At the cost of living
     G
Over on his side of town

        C
He said diamond rings and shiny things

F
They don't grow on trees

    C                              G                 C*
But making sure he can afford them all falls down on me
[Chorus]
           Am   G         C     F
Cause it's hard hard hard times
They'll charge you dollars
              E
While they're paying you in dimes

          Am
When they said it was gonna trickle down

    F
You know they were lying

     C    G
It's hard hard

Am   F
Hard hard

     C    G         C
It's hard hard hard times
[Solo] C F C G C F C G C [Verse 3] I asked a rich man
    F                 C
How he got all he got
How he had all he had
          G
While the rest of us had naught

          C
He said a self-made man
That's what I am
      F
But I seem to find that funny

        C
He said hard work, perseverance, son

    G              C*
And other people's money
[Chorus]
         Am   G         C     F
And it's hard hard hard times
They'll charge you dollars
              E
While they're paying you in dimes

          Am
When they said it was gonna trickle down

    F
You know they were lying

     C    G
It's hard hard

Am   F
Hard hard

     C    G
It's hard hard

Am   F
Hard hard

     C    G         C
It's hard hard hard times
(*You could try a walkdown from 010233 to 01022x to Am in the chorus as they do that in the recording)