Hard Times Chords & Tabs

by Ryan Bingham

[Intro]
G   G   Em   C   (x6)

[Verse 1]
G                                  
When I was young my daddy said, son
Em                  C                
Never be ashamed of where you're from
G                                        
There's nothin' wrong with your last name
   Em                   C              
So don't be lookin' for people to blame
G                                      
'Cause hard times they come and they go
Em                              C                  
Most of the time they're in the middle of your road
G                          
Same pain in different ways
Em                           C             
Don't you know, son, when it pours it rains

[Chorus]
G           Em         C                  
Hard times,     in the middle of your road
G           Em                 C                  
Hard times, creepin' up on the good folks you know
G                Em                      C            
Hard times, your daddy wakes up, and you lit the stove
G                    Em                      C              
Hard times, from the California Hills to the Cumberland Road

[Interlude]
F   C   Am  Bm  C  D
G   G   Em   C

[Verse 2]
G                            
You got yours and I have mine
Em                     C              
Mostly good folks have tried and tried
G                                    
To make a livin' on your minimum wage
       Em                     C        
You're comin' up short nearly every day
G                                    
An' what's enough an' what's the cost
    Em                    C          
You can't stand up 'cause all is lost
G                                       
You roll us up and your doors are locked
          Em                 C          
There's a poor boy livin' on every block

[Chorus]
G           Em         C                  
Hard times,     in the middle of your road
G           Em                 C                  
Hard times, creepin' up on the good folks you know
G                  Em               C                
Hard times, you're livin' down, the rest of you knows
G                    Em                      C              
Hard times, from the California Hills to the Cumberland Road

[Interlude]
F   C   Am  Bm  C  D

[Solo]
G   G   Em   C
G   G   Em   C
G   G   Em   C
G   G   Em   C

[Interlude]
F   C   Am  Bm  C  D

[Verse 3]
G                                  
When I was young my daddy said, son
Em                  C                
Never be ashamed of where you're from
G                                        
There's nothin' wrong with your last name
   Em                   C              
So don't be lookin' for people to blame
G                                      
'Cause hard times they come and they go
    Em                              C                  
An' most of the time they're in the middle of your road
G                                
It's the same pain, different way
Em                           C             
Don't you know, that when it pours it rains
G                           
And they'll always be around
Em                 C           
Followin' you from town to town
    G                                   
But you can get up when it puts you down
       Em                         C          
'Cause everybody's got 'em if you look around

[Chorus]
G           Em         C                  
Hard times,     in the middle of your road
G           Em                 C                  
Hard times, creepin' up on the good folks you know
G           Em                C                 
Hard times, huddlin' around a wood burnin' stove
G                    Em                      C          G   
Hard times, from the California Hills to the Cumberland Road