Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I

Tom : Cm
Eb7
My mother told me
Ab7 G7 Bdim
'Fore she passed away
Cm
B+
Said son when I'm gone
  Bbm7   Eb9
Eb+
Don't forget to pray
Ab7 Adim
'Cause there'll be hard times
Eb7
Lord those hard times
C9 B9 Bb7(b13) Eb6 Bb7(b13)
Who knows better than I?

[verse]
Eb7 Ab7
Well I soon found out
G7 Bdim
Just what she meant
Cm
B+
When I had to pawn my clothes
Bbm7 Eb9
Just to pay my rent
E+ Ab7
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Adim Eb7
Lord those hard times
C9 B9 Bb7(b13) Eb6 Bb7(b13)
Who knows better than I?

[Solo]
  Eb6  G7  Cm
B+
Eb   Eb9   Ab7   Adim   Eb/Bb   C9   B9   Bb7(b13)   Eb6   Bb7(b13)

[chorus]
Eb6 Ab7
I had a woman
G7 Bdim
Who was always around
Cm
B+
But when I lost my money
Bbm7 Eb9
She put me down
Eb+ Ab7 Adim
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Eb7 C9
Hard times
B9 Bb7(b13)
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
Eb6 Ab9 Gb9 E9

[end]
Eb7 Ab
Yeah Lord Yeah
G7 Bdim
one of these days
Cm
B+
There'll be no more sorrow
  Bbm7   Eb9
Eb+
When I pass away
Ab7 Adim
And no more hard times
Eb7 C9
I said no more hard times Yeah,
B9 Bb7(b13)
Lord, who knows, hey Lord
Eb6 F7 E7 Eb6
Better than I?