Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
Aretha Franklin
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Tom : D
A7/13 D6 F#7
My mother told me before she passed away
Bm7 Bm7/E
D5+ D7
Said, son, when I'm gone, don't forget to pray
G6 Edim
'Cause there'll be hard times
D6 B7
Lord those hard times
E7/9 E7 G/B A7/13- D6 Cdim Em7 G/B A7sus4 A7
Who knows better than I
A|713- D6 F#7
Well I soon found out just what she meant
Bm7 Bm7/E
D5+ D7
When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent
G6 Edim D6 B7
Talkin' 'about hard times, hard times
E7/9 E7 G/B A7/13- D6 Cdim Em7 G/B A4/7 A7
Who knows better than I
A7/13 D6 F#7
I had a woman, Lord, who was always around,
Bm7 Bm7/E
D5+ D7
But when I lost my money, she put me down.
G6 Edim
Talkin' 'bout hard times
D6 B7
You know those hard times,
E7/9 E7 G/B A7/13- D6 Cdim Em7 G/B A4/7 A7
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I
A7/13 D6 F#7
Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow
Bm7 Bm7/E
D5+ D7
When I pass away
G6 Edim D6 B7
And no more hard times,
E7/9 E7 G/B A7/13- D6 F#7 B7
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I
E7/9 E7 G/B A7/13- D6
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I
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