“HARD TIMES” by The Hillbilly Thomists

[Intro]
N.C.
many days you have lingered all around my cabin door
 
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
 
[Verse 1]
C                                    F             C
let us pause in life’s pleasures and drown our many tears
                 F              C
while we all sup sorrow with the poor
                                   F          C
there’s a song that will linger forever in our ears
                G             C
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
 
[Chorus]
C                              F  C
it’s the song, the sigh of the weary
C                                     G
hard times, hard times, come again no more
     C                      F              C
many days you have lingered around my cabin door
                G             C
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                                   F              C
while we seek mirth and beauty, and music light and gay
                       F             C
there are frail forms fainting at the door
                                      F                  C
though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
                G             C
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
 
[Chorus]
C                              F  C
it’s the song, the sigh of the weary
C                                     G
hard times, hard times, come again no more
     C                      F              C
many days you have lingered around my cabin door
                G            C
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
 
[Verse 3]
C                                F              C
there’s a pale sorrow maiden who toils her life away
                        F              C
with a worn heart whose better days are o’er
                                      F             C
though her voice would be merry, it’s crying all the day
                G             C
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
 
[Chorus]
C                              F  C
it’s the song, the sigh of the weary
C                                     G
hard times, hard times, come again no more
     C                      F              C
many days you have lingered around my cabin door
                G             C
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
 
[Chorus]
C                              F  C
it’s the song, the sigh of the weary
C                                     G
hard times, hard times, come again no more
     C                      F              C
many days you have lingered around my cabin door
                G             C
oh, hard times, come again no more
 
     C                      F              C
many days you have lingered around my cabin door
                G             C
oh, hard times, come again no more

source: Chris Wright