G                    C                  Em
Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave
C     G            D              G
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
C     G                       C               Em
Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
C   G           D             G
Oh, hard times, come again no more

[Chorus]
                              C  G
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
C    G      C    G                    D
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
     G                       C              Em
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
C   G                D       G    C G
Oh, hard times come again no more

[Verse]
                                    C                Em
While we seek mirth and beauty, and music bright and gay
C         G                    D      G    C G
There are frail forms fainting at the door
C            G                        C                   Em
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
 C   G                D       G    C G
"Oh, hard times come again no more"

[Chorus]
                              C  G
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
C    G      C    G                    D
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
     G                       C              Em
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
C   G                D       G
Oh, hard times come again no more