Eric Clapton Cream - Hard Times guitar chord

HARD TIMES

Ray Charles

Copyright 1961 Unichapell Music, Inc., BMI

As recorded by Eric Clapton on "Journeyman"

(Transcribed by Len Moskowitz: moskowit@panix.com, September 1997)

VERSE 1

D9

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

D C B7

Lord, those hard times

Bb7 A D 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 F#7 Bm Bm7 D9 D7

G Abdim D C B7 Bb7 A7 D E9 Eb9

G Abdim D C B7 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)

CHORD TAB

D9 F#7 Bm Bm7/Bb D7 G Abdim D C B7 Bb7 A7

E 5 2 7 7 x 3 4 10 8 7 6 5

b 5 2 7 7 3 3 3 10 8 7 6 5

g 5 3 7 7 5 4 4 11 9 8 7 6

d 4 2 9 7 4 5 3 12 10 7 6 5

a 5 4 9 9 5 5 x 12 10 9 8 7

e x 2 x 6 x 3 x 10 8 7 6 5

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Len Moskowitz

moskowit@panix.com