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Hard Times by Eric Clapton - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            HARD TIMES
                              Ray Charles
               Copyright 1961 Unichapell Music, Inc., BMI
              As recorded by Eric Clapton on "Journeyman"
   (Transcribed by Len Moskowitz: , September 1997)

[Verse 1]
               D9 G#7
My mother told me
F#7        
Before she passed away
     Bm           Bm7/Bb      
Said son when I'm gone
D9       D7
Don't forget to pray
                   G         Abdim
'Cause there'll be hard times
           D9  C9 B9
Lord, those hard times
Bb7       A7           Dsus2  A7
Who knows better than I?


[Verse 2]

Well I soon found out
Just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes
Just to pay the rent
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Lord, those hard times
Bb7       A           D  A7
Who knows better than I?

[Sax solo/Guitar solo] 

D9  G#7-F#7  Bm  Bm7  D9  D7
G  Abdim  D9  C9  B9  Bb7  A7  D  E9  Eb9
G  Abdim  D9  C9  B9  Bb7  A7  
Bb7  A7  D  E9  Eb9

[Verse 3]
        
I had a woman
Who was always around
But when I lost my money
She put me down
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Hard times
      Bb7       A7                D  F9  E9(2)  D9
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
     
      F#7
Lord, one of these days
There'll be no more sorrow
When I pass away
And no more hard times
No more hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

(play single notes: E Eb A Db D and end on D9) 
        

We also have 53 songs by Eric Clapton

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• Alberta
• Autumn Leaves
• Bad Love
• Badge
• Before You Accuse Me
• Bell Bottom Blues
• Blue Eyes Blue
• Blue Eyes Blues
• Blues Power
• Change The World
• Cocaine
• Crossroads
• Easy Now
• Forever Man
• Give Me Strength
• Hard Times
• Hello Old Friend
• Holy Mother
• Hound Dog
• I Cant Stand It
• I Looked Away
• I Shot The Sheriff
• I Want A Little Girl
• Its In The Way That You Use It
• Ive Got A Rock N Roll Heart
• Key To The Highway
• Knock On Wood
• Knocking On Heavens Door
• Lay Down Sally
• Let It Grow
• Let It Rain
• Lonely Stranger
• May You Never
• Motherless Child
• Motherless Children
• My Fathers Eyes
• No Alibis
• Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out
• Old Love
• Please Be With Me
• Pretending
• Promises
• River Of Tears
• Running On Faith
• San Francisco Bay Blues
• Smile
• Someone Like You
• Sweet Home Chicago
• Tears In Heaven
• Tulsa Time
• Wonderful Tonight
• Worried Life Blues

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