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