G C
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times
D7 G
That's what I leaned in my life
C
Hard times no money bad times no honey
G D7 G
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times
C
The biggest load I ever carried on my back
D7 G
Is a memory of a girl that I left waiting once for me
C
I set out to make a dollar just so I could come back taller
D7 G
And the low down fool I counted me to be
G C
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times
D7 G
That's what I leaned in my life
C
Hard times no money bad times no honey
G D7 G
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times
C
I spent hours working hard to meet the sun
D7 G
Never thinking that the one that I love could be untrue
C
I don't blame her for finding someone leaving me behind
D7 G
Guess that was the best thing for her to do
G C
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times
D7 G
That's what I leaned in my life
C
Hard times no money bad times no honey
G D7 G
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times
G C
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times
D7 G
That's what I leaned in my life
C
Hard times no money bad times no honey
G D7 G
Hard times ain't half as bad as bad times