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[Verse 1]
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Mister McKinley, he didn’t do no wrong
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He rode on down to Buffalo and he didn’t stay too long
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Hard times, hard times, hard times


[Verse 2]
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The people they came running round to see what had been done
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And you have shot the President down with your Iver-Johnson gun
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Hard times, hard times, hard times


[Verse 3]
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The train, well the train, running on down the line
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Blowing out of every station, McKinley’s a-dying
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Hard times, hard times, hard times


[Verse 4]
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Now Roosevelt he’s in the White House, he’s doing his best
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And McKinley he’s in the graveyard, a-taking his rest
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Hard times, hard times, hard times


[Verse 5]
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Now Roosevelt he's in the White House drinking out of a silver cup
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And McKinley he’s in the graveyard and he’ll never wake up
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Hard times, hard times, hard times


[Verse 6]
 Am       D       G               Am
Mister McKinley, he didn’t do no wrong
                      D              F               C
Just rode on down to Buffalo but he didn’t stay too long
      Am          D           Am    D G
Hard times, hard times, hard times
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Hard times, hard times, hard times