[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G A D
Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears
G D A D
While we all share the sorrow with the poor
D G A D
There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more
[Chorus]
D C# D G D
It’s the song, the sigh of the weary
D A D G Bm A
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
D D/C# D/B D/A G A D
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more
[Verse 2]
D G A D
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
G D A D
There are frail forms fainting at the door
D G A D
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more
[Chorus]
D C# D G D
It’s the song, the sigh of the weary
D A D G Bm A
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
D D/C# D/B D/A G A D
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more
[Verse 3]
D G A D
It’s the sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave
G D A D
It’s the wail that is heard upon the shore
D G A D
It’s the dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
G D A D
Oh hard times, come again no more
[Chorus]
D C# D G D
It’s the song, the sigh of the weary
D A D G Bm A
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
D D/C# D/B D/A G A D
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more
[Chorus]
D C# D G D
It’s the song, the sigh of the weary
D A D G Bm D
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
D D/C# D/B D/A G A D
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more
G D A D
Oh, hard times come again no more